I am going to ask each of you three questions, and I would like a short answer because, quite frankly, the idea is to su...
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So disruption would be the answer, the effect on the consumer that I was kind of concentrating my question on.
What we hope to be able to do is allow folks to make application for assistance by April 15.
Drought alone was estimated to cost the United States $50 billion from 2011 to 2013.
This is absolutely not going to compromise our ability to get the farm bill done.
We're going to use that time to take, basically, take a look at where the work is.
The answer to your question is yes, we will.
We're going to do it in 60 days.
Now it is more general.
This is about better service. It's not about saving money.
We can do more for farmers and ranchers who are challenged.
We believe that there are thousands of people who are getting sick that won't get sick under this new system.
Under President Obama's leadership, the United States has reached historic levels of investment in rural communities.
We will have the new program in place by September.
As Senator Blunt suggested, we need to make sure that as we make decisions about a realignment of our Farm Service offic...
we expect and anticipate that by April 15, folks will begin to apply for disaster assistance.
