I think you are performing that task admirably.

Do we have any statistics that demonstrate that a veteran has, as a result of opioid or other drug addiction and abuse, has died in the category of community care?

Senator Baldwin as well as Senator Capito were instrumental in encouraging me.

Opioid overprescription abuse is truly a severe problem in Arkansas, as we discussed, and is so much so throughout the country.

I'm glad that I agree with all of them.

Thank you for holding the hearing, and also to Jason's family.

We do not want to taint that program because of bad behavior. It needs to be eliminated, not tolerated.

So in today's world of cyber breaches, cyber attacks, and data breaches, is there something we should worry about in the realm of agricultural production data?

The agricultural community's adoption of field sensors, drones, satellite imagery, advanced machinery and similar technology is increasing at an incredible pace to increase crop yields and improve sustainable practices.

Is there anyone who is vying for your data? Does somebody want to buy it?

I chair the Senate Hunger Caucus and have worked for many years on the issue of reducing food insecurity in the world.

I can see some production facilities who would love to keep their information private.

That's not much value to individual data in and of itself, an individual farmer's data, but if you can combine it with broad data, bigger data----

Is it possible that a monopoly could arise owning the data, that the information is available only to a select few?

Is this function that you're helping create, is it similar to what USDA does as they collect data and then make it public for purposes of farmer decisionmaking----

Right. I mean, that's not a question I thought of until I was hearing the panel today.

Because of the access to this information, farmers can be more efficient and, therefore, more profitable is the theory.

Is my understanding correct that there really is not an agency of the Federal Government that protects farmers or regulates the collection of data?