Thank you very much, Madam Chairperson, for allowing me to participate with the Subcommittee this afternoon.
California uses over 500,000 phytosanitary export certificates to access those markets.
I want to understand APHIS's role.
Can you clarify the link between the pest and the disease challenges?
Many of the entities that you lend to are dealing with regulations and settlements under various laws, and of course, th...
I know Congressman Peterson and I both have concerns--I suspect many of our other colleagues as we are looking toward ge...
And I would like you to provide some information to the chair and myself and other Members of the Subcommittee on how th...
I grow almonds.
I would like to know when we are going to get it and what has been the delay.
How has this increased funding been allocated?
Has TASC been effective in breaking down technical food or animal restrictions?
I think that is a significant statistic, and 13 times greater than the average savings that the taxpayers would see from...
I think there is really value added for all the reasons that were stated before.
But we have tight budgets and I think you are going to have to think out of the box.
I share my colleague, Congressman McGovern's concern because as I said, anecdotally, I think all of us have traveled abr...
Maybe instead of speaking about this as a farm safety net, we need to start calling it a food safety net.
We are prepared to reduce our spending, however, and these audits help us determine the best places to trim our budget.
There aren't enormous savings to be found from cutting farm programs. They comprise less than 1/2 of 1 percent of the Fe...
