04/21/2016
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"Are you aware of the recent GAO report entitled, 'Opportunities to Reduce Potential Duplication in Government Programs and Save Tax Dollars,' that warrants the proposed USDA Catfish Inspection Office ..."
"if we get into this kind of trade dispute with Vietnam, it would cut off the tens of millions of dollars of exports that we have of our agricultural products to Vietnam."
"So the commentary comes back to the actions of Congress. They snuck a phrase into a massive bill which now has the effect, according to the Government Accountability Office, that will cost the taxpaye..."
"it is, I think, a graphic example of sort of the irresponsibility of the way that we do business as we criticize other bureaucracies about the way that they do business."