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With the proliferation of more advanced military technologies and other nations pursuing comprehensive military modernization, we are entering an era where American dominance on the seas, in the skies, and in space can no longer be taken…
I would appreciate any consideration you could give them. They have a long agricultural tradition there.
I don't want to see them go out of business. And they can't compete based upon this higher wage rate which is being foisted upon them.
Since becoming a Member of Congress, one of my key policy concerns is how do we ensure that we have a robust agricultural sector.
We have got a problem here. Okay? Who is going to help me?
We have taken some sort of statistical model and applied it in realtime that is penalizing farmers who are trying to do this the right way.
I don't think this is fair. How we are grouped all the way with, again, oil field workers in Nebraska who--why is this happening?
It seems to me that we are artificially penalizing them by this very high wage rate.
I would like to see this reexamined as quickly as possible because this is not a matter of taking months.
I want to know what is the methodology for this.
I think it is important because the very reason we are talking about giving you more money is because we keep seeing problems here.
Well, I would not disagree with that, but at what cost given the volatility and what is causing the volatility.
The mission of your office is twofold. One is to ensure effective implementation of the law as written by Congress.
Give me your highest recommendations, your best recommendations, for legal changes that would save money and improve outcomes.
We are interested in stopping fraud, making the system more effective no matter where it is.
I think it would be helpful to do some type of study to show that if you are--the correlation between budgetary increases and better outcomes for programs measured in terms of impact as well as cost savings.
I think it is important to say up front that this is America. We don't let people bleed in the street, we don't let people starve in their homes, and that is why programs such as SNAP are important.