wouldn't the public interest require this price discovery to be on an open, properly regulated exchange?
We believe 9.8 million participants is a very good, healthy estimate of what the program will be.
Broad bipartisan support and for good reason.
For every $5 we invest in that specific program, we get $9.20 of economic activity.
We cannot continue to do what we have been doing. We have got to make some changes.
I have not made any specific decisions relative to the program and improvements to the program because I want to give ev...
I was pleased to see that the President's budget builds strongly on investments made USDA energy programs in the 2008 fa...
This is especially important as we seek to make good on President Obama's commitment to end childhood hunger in America ...
I hope, that you and other members of the committee are now getting to know the Tom Vilsack that those of us in Iowa hav...
But farmers and ranchers are a great strength of this economy. And I am confident that they will help lead the way to re...
This is an aggressive agenda. We believe that this budget, as presented to you, is a start.
We do believe that there are ways in which we can have a strong, adequate safety net.
We think there are opportunities for reform in crop insurance, and we do believe it is appropriate to focus on a $250,00...
If Congress is truly interested in addressing the problem as opposed to politicizing a solution, we can no longer ignore...
I think we agree on the need to enact significant regulatory reform--significant regulatory reform--of the derivatives m...
I am a little concerned, I must note for the record, about the proposed cutbacks in the WRP program and the EQIP program...
The more open we are, the more transparent we are, the more information that people have out there in a regulatory frame...
I appreciate that. I support streamlining that could be done over there.
