And I would only conclude that among the things the law requires is that there not be third party verification requirements for every animal in the country.

This zeroing out, I think, has largely to do with making room for the President's massive tax cut.

And that self-verification is indeed what we do in many other labeling circumstances, whether it is school lunch programs and all kinds of other things, Black Angus, you name it.

I want to welcome Under Secretary Hawks, Under Secretary Bost, Under Secretary Murano today, as well as FDA Commissioner McClellan.

The country of origin labeling law gave USDA discretion to create an audit verification system, but not a mandatory system.

It seems to me that it should not be rocket science to figure out a monitoring system.

Would you agree that the law prohibits on-farm mandatory animal identification and does not permit third-party mandates by packers?

America remains the only major industrialized society in the world that does not negotiate on behalf of its citizens a better price.

The Sarbanes-Oxley bill, which we passed last year, is a great step forward.

Millions of American investors relied on what they believed to be an objective investment advice from at least 10 of this Nation's largest Wall Street firms.

These firms weren't looking out for their retail customers. They were looking our for themselves.

The integrity was not there.