Thank you for your testimony. Thank you for your team's presence with us this morning.
Enactment of a new Farm Bill was welcome news for producers, research institutions, and rural communities in my home sta...
One of the confusing things to me about the President's budget is a proposed reduction in funding of technical assistanc...
I am pleased that the agency took many of the suggestions and comments from the agricultural community into account by r...
It appears to us that it is simply restating things that have already been put before the public and before this subcomm...
Will the FDA be able to meet the court-ordered deadline on FSMA and its regulations?
Your budget, the administration's budget proposes substantial funding increases to modernize the food inspection system.
In part, we are here to try to eliminate where possible that unnecessary burden.
I look forward to working with Senator Merkley and other members of the subcommittee to identify those priorities and ma...
This year's budget request for the Department of Agriculture proposes a $900 million increase above the enacted levels i...
The challenges farmers and ranchers face are not limited to factors in their control.
If you can provide the utility structure, including water, at a rate that is more affordable, the chances of manufacturi...
We want to make certain that the money the taxpayers provide you is well-spent.
the ability to enforce those standards is going to, in large part, rely on the certification of those who are importing ...
In the world I come from in Kansas, the rumor of food disease or animal-borne diseases causes dramatic consequences to f...
I would just ask any of the witnesses if they have a point, an issue, that they wanted to make certain that they clarify...
I cannot understand the public policy of that. It does not benefit the utility. It does not impact the end-user.
I know the National Rural Water Association well enough to know that I assume that your request would be additional doll...
