That is the breakthrough, that we have got them working together, and then USDA working with the local--or with the State Department of Ag, and their outdoor resources people, I think can really help keep that cooperation going.

I hope you are working with the associations on how you are going to handle that aspect of it.

It is incredibly important we keep that in mind as we craft farm policy.

I am concerned about FDA decisions to allow Mifepristone to be distributed by mail and without physician supervision.

We have to figure out good commonsense ways to accomplish it.

I agree on the benefit, I am just wondering how you are going to handle the cost, and the mandatory nature, you know, how our cowboys react to that stuff, so we want them to see it as the beneficial tool it is.

My request to you, going forward, is that you would work with us if we utilized that WHIP+ Program, or as you call it, ERP.

We have got to get this next generation into farming.

The exception is very important and that rule can get away from you. So I'm glad you're watching it closely.

I know. And that was part of it, which is why I registered concerns but left it at that.

I think again, as far as that countercyclical safety net that, you know, getting that right and crop insurance right, updating it like we are talking about, will help diminish the need for some of these other disaster assistance programs.

We have to do more to address the concentration and the slaughter industry, particularly as regards to the cattle industry.

Another reason that you have not seen a budget from the Republicans is because Speaker McCarthy has desperately been trying to get a meeting with President Biden.

the Republicans have not yet put forth a budget. Number one, because the President drug his feet on getting us a budget.

I have not had any conversation with any Member of this Committee that believes that that is the right thing to do, and quite frankly, I am just tired of hearing that political point.

I think it is absolutely remarkable. It is a remarkable industry where we have been able to maintain a network of small businesses across this country, unlike so many other industries where you have seen incredible concentration.

But really, one of the most important aspects of it is, for the first time we actually have domestic producers and the outdoorsmen working together rather than jockeying against each other trying to get the funding, and trying to get the…

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