I would like to begin by inviting you to come out to our State and see some of the impacts of that flooding.
We need to get those trade agreements ratified, and your help there is greatly appreciated.
the vast majority of funding in the farm bill does not go to directly support farmers and ranchers, but directly goes to support nutrition p...
I appreciate the work on the biofuels. I think we are working to make that transition. Again, I am optimistic.
I am extremely concerned that we are headed in a direction where we could see disproportionate cuts to a part of the budget that, frankly, h...
Look, we know agriculture has to take reductions, as does every part of the Federal budget. We are borrowing 40 cents of every dollar we spe...
I want to pick up on a couple of the themes, though, that I did at least hear part of the discussion on, one of which is flooding.
Putting shallow water in the effective moratorium has cost jobs. It has cost the economy, and it has cost the production that would allow th...
I think that is what we are trying to get at. So that it is fair process that certainly protects the environment, but that empowers private ...
I am going to ask the Secretary the same question, but I just wanted to give both of you a chance. Why is it taking so long?
I think you may be covering the same point that I want to explore for just a minute.
Mr. Chairman, with your indulgence? Exactly. Again, that goes to the cost equation. You have to have a pipeline to get it to the oil field t...
Absolutely. So Mr. Klara, Ms. Greenberg in the lab and in your brainstorming sessions, what are we going to do with this CO2 that's going to...
It seems to me that the 2 big issues in getting the technology to move forward for carbon capture and sequestration are cost and liability.
we have to be mindful of those security requirements, too.
I agree on the 2-year--matter of fact, I'm cosponsoring legislation to go to a 2-year budget cycle.
I think that's right on. I mean, I would have to see your reaction across the board.
Look, if we have to compress some budgets, you're going to have to do without some services.
