We want the very best. If we are going to break the cycle of poverty, that is what has to happen.
If we are going to achieve excellence, we need more demanded of us.
I do not want our Native American kids to get a second class education.
I think we can all agree that except for pointing out the achievement gap, NCLB hasn't worked all that well in Indian co...
Indian students will be successful when they get three things--good schools, good motivated teachers and families who su...
I think they are critically important.
Is that 30-year fixed-rate mortgage offered in small towns and rural areas if you let it controlled by the four or five ...
Amen.
It is not an easy situation, but the fact is that with input from folks like you all, I think that we can get around it.
It is all or nothing, and my judgment is it is a package that is worth pursuing.
They will help us export more beef; there is no question. Certainly, the Korean agreement will help export more beef.
Are all of you organized as pass-through companies? Are any of you C corporations?
There was a change in the State and Federal estate tax law last year, last December.
It is nice to have something in the Farm Bill that is for the livestock producer or the diversified farmer.
I believe that is true, yes.
I insisted on a disaster section of the bill, so we have a permanent agriculture disaster assistance program.
I am heartened that so many of you talked about the need to increase our beef export market and also the free trade agre...
We are upbeat.