I will tell you I was shocked. I was just down at Fort Yates for a tribal visit.

However, if that fire started in Fort Yates on a structure, there is no first responder.

One of the things we are always going to ask about is consultation. It is the key to the relationship.

There would not have been a 911 response which I think is terrifying.

I do not want to belabor the point, but it is--and can be--a very effective tool at checkpoints--at border crossings.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And, thank you for stepping up and serving your country once again, Admiral.

If you think we can continue to be a country that is a dominant economic power without accessing markets, we are wrong.

My main focus, I hope, will be on how do we get trust back into the cattle market.

I would challenge you that as we are dealing with these challenges, you need to deal directly with consumer challenges.

I think the value of the dollar is the biggest problem in terms of our--all exports, certainly ag exports, but all exports.

If your only response to this is, 'you do not need to know,' I will tell you, as producers, you will lose.

let me add my voice to those of my colleagues who have come here to plead the case for mine workers and for equity for widows, equity for people who have worked their entire lives with their hands and now have their future jeopardized by…

I think there is--a huge problem has been the volatility in the Futures Board market.

I start every one of my discussions about trade saying 95 percent of all potential consumers in the world do not live in this country.

If you do not think we need to lower trade barriers, you are wrong, especially for the products that we grow in North Dakota.

So, would you not agree that it is a problem when--I think the number that was used was about a fourth of all cattle actually move through the market this way on a cash basis but yet establishes the price.

I remain frustrated that we have not been able to really drill down and do a better job involving consumers in this discussion.

I sleep easier knowing, Mr. Szubin, that you are on the job.