"The subcommittee's next markup--meeting will be a markup of the fiscal year 2014 bill and that date has not yet been determined."
"I will put an opening statement in the record but I just want to say thank you for doing this and thank all of you for your leadership on this."
"We need to get it right. We need to keep America and globally competitive and to stay on that front edge of the global economy."
"And there again you are committed to trying to get that right, as well?"
"I am a firm advocate that there is a reason why we have a total Army."
"You need the combination of both to be successful."
"I would like to continue to work with you to make sure we get the right workload there and keep that capability."
"So it sounds like you are committed to getting this right?"
"What Senator Carper is doing and Senator Coburn is doing is oversight, which is really the role of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House."
"Right. That's great news."
"Do you have a sense of if, once the rule becomes final--you might not be able to answer this yet. But do you have a sense of how many fewer poultry inspectors you'll need in the system?"