Thank you for your work on behalf of our farmers and ranchers.
I would point out that since 2008, $12 billion has been taken out of crop insurance support.
We want to make the farm bill as farmer-friendly as possible.
I think there are a lot of programs across the Federal Government that have not contributed as much in terms of help with finding savings as...
If we are not pursuing state-of-the-art treatment options, then we are going to fail.
I have seen that as a traveler. And then when we were down on the border last year, we went to the international airport in Houston, and the...
I just have a few questions here, and then that will take care of questions that I have for today.
Just priorities for technology and where you feel you are in terms of having the technology you need to do your job.
Ounce of prevention, pound of cure.
Well, your apprehensions dropped by 30 percent from 2014 to 2015, but we need to understand how that relates to the number of individuals wh...
I strongly urge you, you know, to continue to do that.
What are you doing to get people in those slots so you can cover the backlog?
Okay. Last question I have is in regard to the honey producers.
The inspector general issued a report in January that was critical of DHS, as well as HHS, in regard to implementation of the Ebola screenin...
But the cost for one of those agents is three times the cost for your domestic agents, so do you have the statistics to back that up?
Forty percent of the problem is visa overstays, so you are on something very important there, Senator.
We have to make it effectively. So when we are putting this budget together, we can say, yes, that is the right resource allocation.
I just want to impress upon you that those folks are on the front line.
