It is directly related to the ability to have USDA personnel in Cuba, developing relationships with potential customers.
This issue of Cuba will be one of broad interest in Congress.
I have been a longtime advocate for lifting the embargo, particularly as it relates to food, medicine, and agriculture c...
Thank you for your passion and for your compassion.
You mentioned avian flu. This is a topic of conversation that you and I have had one-on-one, but certainly in the hearin...
I applaud those efforts. We have seen a number of just individuals--Gary LaGrange, who is retired military in my hometow...
Food aid, and particularly the McGovern-Dole--in Kansas, we would say the Dole-McGovern program. You are proposing reduc...
Mr. Secretary, what do you expect the timeframe to be? What schedule are you on?
I would express my disappointment that, once again, the President's budget proposes significant cuts to crop insurance.
I have expressed an ongoing concern about the ability for particularly rural telephone companies to be able to repay loa...
We want to work with you to make certain that the training and recruitment, retention opportunities exist at USDA.
We look forward to working with you on that and other issues.
I would highlight for you that our Subcommittee intends to have a hearing in the next several weeks on this topic of how...
the law is clear and California is violating the law.
Mr. Chairman, thank you very much.
