As lawmakers, we have a responsibility to ensure that conservation policy is effective without being duplicative or too ...
Farmers and ranchers make their living off the land and they are committed to preserving and protecting it for future ge...
We are starting with comprehensive audits so that we can examine each program within the broader context of farm policy.
The second purpose of these audits is educational in nature.
I believe that we can meet this challenge and develop thoughtful policies to keep American agriculture productive and co...
The simple truth is, we must make some difficult decisions.
These audits ensure that we are operating from the same base of knowledge.
We will make these determinations with the help of these audits, along with the input from our constituents.
There are no sacred cows, so to speak, and during these tough fiscal times, every program, every title will be on the ta...
I hope that today we can start a dialogue on how to root out inefficiencies.
We are responsible for allowing all of the duplication that has come because we have passed the legislation and appropri...
None of these contractors had an approved disclosure statement.
I agree. We don't know the depths and the intents.
Regulations are killing our country. That is not partisan.
We need to focus down and put somebody in charge of science, technology, and math but not 12 different agencies.
Well, it is because we are lazy legislators. What we decide is we will pass a bill and grant maximum flexibility to the ...
If you don't know what you want, you are not any different than the agency that is passing a grant out there.
You need to know what you want before you write it, what you intend and what you expect.
