Although it is difficult to predict what the precise Iranian reactions would be to a no-fly zone, given that Syria remains one of Iran's only partners in the region, and given Syria's role as a conduit to support Hezbollah, it is likely…

Do you believe that there is sufficient funding in the out-years so that you are going to keep that 2025 date for the first production unit?

Certainly every nation has the right to protect itself in their own interest of self-defense.

I ask for such time as I may consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I rise today to speak on the budget proposal released at long last yesterday by President Obama. Tardy though this budget may be, and despite our differences in opinion, I welcome the President's ideas to begin addressing our Nation's…

This is going to be the economic engine for our Nation.

We engage in so much Washington speak in our debates--words like ``sequestration,'' ``continuing resolutions,'' and ``debt ceiling''--that the structure of our debates, I feel, can be off-putting to many Americans. So let's try to be a…

Is it time to institutionalize, if you will, drought mitigation and research capacity?

I think the challenge here, and I think you actually touched upon it, is to find that balance to ensure that the institutions, land-grant institutions, can actually have the capacity to absorb such a program in their foundational…

That is why it is all the more important that we ensure the integrity of the program.

Again, because of the size, the total expenditure of the problem, even a small drop in fraud actually saves us lots and lots of money.

My grandfather said that is the best job in America.

the basics of these markets center around three fundamentals. It is capital, time, and interest rates.

We have spent about $15 billion of payouts through crop insurance basically to mitigate the effects on income, which is important and helpful.

I completely agree with what Congressman Farr said.

I think both of us have a responsibility, all of us here actually have a serious responsibility, to continue to reexplain the importance of American agriculture to our people, our Nation.

It is one of the largest programs in the government, and the head of the Food and Nutrition Service was here recently.

I believe that this is important, and it is a story that we have not told aggressively enough to the rest of the Nation.