I have always had a very strong and special interest in the issues that affect this very important industry.

I think there are some really good ideas here, and I think this is fixable.

I am not suggesting your company would do this, but some other company that employed people could look to Mexico, Canada, whatever, and say, well, they do not have such a law.

Had I told you that you would see $21 milk, I think you probably would have wanted to debate that with me, but that is what you saw.

I really believe that farming these days is as much about risk management as it is about milking cows.

I think we need to strengthen our trade laws.

The Milk Income Loss Contract--MILC--payments have been triggered every month since February of this year.

Well, let me just start out and tell each of you how impressed I have been by your testimony.

I think we are also in agreement that it has to be the whole host of possibilities, not just drilling for fossil fuels, wind and solar, and maybe nuclear.

Bottom line is, we want development to occur. The tribes want development to occur.

I am becoming more and more convinced that it really is all about implementation and how we somehow overcome the roadblocks that exist.

Basically, what this bill would do would be to direct the VA to rate the different services of its medical centers with a straightforward, very easy to understand A to F grade.

I am a joint sponsor on this so I would certainly want to consult with Senator Wyden.

I appreciate your efforts. We are way out of time here, and I don't want to impose on my colleagues.

You think about that job and you think to yourself, gosh, that can't be so stressful compared to being in combat.

I appreciate your concern about expanding the evidentiary standard and potentially making it too broad.

Don't you think that would be beneficial to the average veteran who doesn't want to try to peel through thick reports?

Assure me that that is not happening, if you can.

it is going to be hard to build an economy that works.

But just in terms of an ongoing relationship with this Committee and maybe even individual Senators, it would be very, very helpful to me to kind of understand how the current mess is being cleaned up and the progress there and whether…

I am absolutely mystified as to why the President of the United States wasn't here, the first day, to ask for trade promotion authority.

We can't vote on a trade agreement until it's submitted.

I don't understand why this Administration isn't asking for trade promotion authority.

I'm interested in trying to see, from a very optimistic viewpoint, what we can do to help our small businesses and medium-sized businesses to increase their capacity to do business overseas.

We need to ensure that our trade policies support American jobs.