"Okay, so, given the, I guess I'd say volatile nature of this program, I guess you can say that, are you concerned that food prices or participation will increase over the next several months?"
"And I guess my next two questions are, why is it not already final, because you've been working on this for a long time, and it seems like the evidence is steering you in that direction? So why is it ..."
"Can you look in to this matter and make sure that our fish farmers will be able to protect their products?"
"I think what we'd like to do is, I'd like to get a better understanding of how that works."
"Okay. And I've noticed also that the budget includes an increase of $50 million for the WIC contingency reserve. Do you anticipate using any of that reserve in this fiscal year?"
"Yes, I think the way it's worked up to this point is pretty much that person has to come out on the farm..."
"At a time when China and Brazil are ramping up their investment in agricultural research, we cannot afford to let ours be gutted, or worse still, be ignored."
"Sometimes you need to be careful of what you ask for, but hopefully, maybe we can find ways to improve it."
"I was pleased to see the funding increase request for NIFA."
"Scientific endeavors are not the kind of activity that we can put a bookmark in and come back when funding is flush."
"Right. That's great news."