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We need that program implemented the way that Congress intended.

They understand that China has been cheating, and we have to do something.

Just for your awareness, and I don't know necessarily that this is why it spread, but I have gotten some feedback from producers that when they go to the FSA office, they are told that they have absolutely no idea what they are going to be…

What about the timing of the payment, though, once that application is complete, everything is done correctly, et cetera?

Roughly $3 billion, those of us in the Southeast worked really, really hard, including my friend here to my left, Mr. Scott, on getting this disaster relief package across the finish line.

I, too, want to commend the entire team at USDA and all those FSA employees out there that are working really hard.

This underscores the need to constantly improve the insurance policies available to producers and be more forward looking about necessary coverage options.

Having a 5 year farm bill in place is critically important to provide at least some degree of stability for an industry that has always faced a wide variety of challenges and uncertainty.

Thank you for being here today and I look forward to your testimony.

We take it for granted every single day of our lives, and so, it is really important that we as Republicans and Democrats on this Committee stick together.

It is important that we recognize just how critical it is that we in agriculture stick together, Republican and Democratic.

We have to come up with a better solution than what we have now.

We need improvement in water infrastructure and to pay more attention to monitoring these chemicals.

This action clearly goes against the plain language of the Clean Water Act and creates a glaring loophole which could have disastrous impacts on water quality.

The EPA seems to be intent on weakening Federal protections for coal ash. And that is disappointing.

It is very important we have the opportunity to examine the impact of coal plants and coal ash dumps on groundwater quality.

If it is illegal for me to do that, the States are doing that.

The allegation that we are not concerned about the environment is just fundamentally false. It is a nice talking point.