What we think will happen at the end of this is that there'll be greater cooperation between State and Federal Government.

There is a need for better data collection so that we have a better understanding of precisely what causes the difficulties and illnesses that Americans experience.

We are focused on a couple of States, in particular, who have had some significant difficulties.

The uncertainty about the RFS2 also had issues, which we've now cleared up.

The American people have been struggling through the most serious economic recession since the Great Depression.

Corn-based ethanol is alive and well, meeting the threshold of 20 percent; soy diesel, biodiesel alive and well, meeting the threshold.

If we continued down the road we were on, we'd continue to have participation in some, but not all, of livestock.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And, again, thank you, Mr. Secretary, for your great leadership, and that of your Deputy Secretary.

That extra billion dollars a year for 10 years is truly, as you said in your statement, an historic proposed investment.

Well, I appreciate your explanation. I may want to just get some more elaboration on that. But, you make a strong argument.

Thank you, Mr. Secretary.

But, in the farm bill we put that money in there, including funds for technical assistance and personnel to carry it out, and we paid for it.

I know there are budget problems, but it just seems to me that this is one area where we can't back off--I'm concerned deeply about it.

We just can't back off of all the great strides we've started to make in conservation.

I'm disappointed in the budget, on conservation.

I'm hopeful that we'll have that food safety bill on the Senate floor soon.

The demand is there, but we couldn't meet it all.

We will make sure that those resources are, obviously, strategically focused and make sure that people have input as to where they are to be spent.