We have one claim, apparently, that's 2 years old, that they haven't gotten a response from you guys yet.

It is 22.86 Euclidean miles away from the closest FSA office, which is in Hope.

Thank you both for hosting this and I want to thank you for being here on behalf of the SBA because SBA does a lot of great things around the country.

That's why I asked about research, because under the Budget Control Act, it's going to be tougher in the next few years.

And that seems to me to be a budget mistake on USDA's part for not budgeting properly last year.

Let me ask about an ARS issue, about a 30-percent cut to extramural ARS activities.

That seems inconsistent with the statute, because what they're left with is, they're left with traveling farther than the 20 miles that's in the statute to get to an FSA office.

Like I said, I think you deserve a lot of credit for the progress you've made in that area, because it's been something that's been neglected for a long time.

I appreciate your commitment to the clusters because like I said, I agree with the stats you are giving the Committee today.

In terms of closing some of these offices, these FSA offices in Arkansas, if you look on a map, where we have the least amount of broadband, that's where you tend to be closing these offices.

there is still one major problem, I think, that exists, and that is USDA has no deadline for civil rights intake process or responding to civil rights complaints.

I think that on this, and maybe some of these other facilities that we've talked about today, they focus on long-term basic research that actually helps farming, helps agriculture, and helps that be a core strength in the U.S. economy.