We think this is an opportunity for us to expand the McGovern-Dole program.

We have been listening and we have been trying to respond as best we can.

I have not made any specific decisions relative to the program and improvements to the program because I want to give everyone an opportunity to have input.

I certainly appreciated Senator Bond's comments, and I understand his concerns.

For every $5 we invest in that specific program, we get $9.20 of economic activity.

I believe that we can provide technical assistance.

Broad bipartisan support and for good reason.

First, he is very concerned about the health and welfare of America's children and wants to make sure our children have access to nutritious food.

We are committed to a fair resolution of outstanding and longstanding civil rights cases against the Department.

We think it is important for a multitude of reasons that we address aggressively child nutrition.

We believe 9.8 million participants is a very good, healthy estimate of what the program will be.

If you focus simply on one or two of the three, then you are not going to make the food available.

We think there are opportunities for reform in crop insurance, and we do believe it is appropriate to focus on a $250,000 hard cap.

We appreciate the opportunity that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has given us to invest in appropriate investments.

We will focus on expanded trade promotion, particularly through a coordinated strategy for exporting biotechnology crops.

I would submit when it comes to education, this is truly one of those historic moments.

We will set a high bar, and States that hit it, that's great.

the title I program and the Special Education State Grants program under the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act, that Senator Harkin, you worked so hard on.