If you had some----
I want to know when can we expect that we are going to have the final rules promulgated?
I hope we do not do that.
I have detected that the Department is interested in this. You are moving ahead, but my senses pick up that there is some hanky-panky going ...
I am very disappointed about the signals that USDA and others have been sending regarding COL.
That was redundant.
The authorizing committee would have to approve of that.
Do you agree, Madame Secretary, that the principle that we are operating under for the Conservation Security Program, the principle is writt...
I am just saying that the law that we passed, signed by the President, allows funding for CSP at the $3.773 billion level.
The principle that we are operating under is an open-ended mandatory program. Is that right or not?
I understand what you are saying about the budget came up before the Omnibus. I understand that.
The negative statements about COL from the Administration cause me great concern with regard to the credibility and the agenda of USDA.
I will keep mine real short.
If farmers do the work, the conservation work, to earn up to the $3.773 billion, then they should not be denied access to that money.
I do not think we can do that.
All I am asking, and I am going to get into the rules here in a little bit... will it be based upon the full $3.773 billion?
The principle that we are operating under is an open-ended mandatory program.
