I think the American people need some answers, and this hearing will provide a unique opportunity for you to address the...
I would just like to ask Mr. Bost one quick question.
We do have concerns which obviously show in the actions that we took just the day before yesterday.
Do you intend to respond to their needs? Particularly now with the outbreak of something like mad cow, we understand how...
If they have a backlog with their testing, they have got to do something about it, and if we need to help them, then tha...
I will be on you and at you with a sense of urgency to try and find some way to increase the amount of funding that we c...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
If you are as enthusiastic as you say you are, and I believe that is true, I would like to work with you to see that we ...
So whatever problems they have are our problems, isn't that true?
import inspection, or reinspection, as we call it, of meat and poultry that is imported into the United States is an ext...
Would you say, based on all the information you have, that the beef that is imported from Canada undergoes the same safe...
It is the USDA's responsibility to make sure that the food supply is as safe as possible.
I would like to welcome our witnesses again to this hearing, which turns out to be of some considerable importance.
But that kind of a backlog would not be tolerated by you here.
How they test and how frequently they test, how accurately they test is of enormous importance to us.
Exporting beef from Canada into the United States is a huge industry up there.
I appreciate that. And, finally, I would like you to offer me some response that is somewhat specific to my suggestion t...
Only aggressive enforcement of our Nation's antitrust laws will ensure that competition flourishes.