The CBO scores the legislation as having no cost, and a study by Agrilytica found that this legislation would not have a substantial price effect on consumers.

Why grow when the rules of the road might change and invalidate your investments?

The United Egg Producers represent approximately 90 percent of the eggs sold in the United States.

This is a bipartisan bill.

You can tell how important this bill is to the egg industry because farmers have come from all across the United States to attend this hearing and show their support.

This legislation addresses these problems.

This legislation only applies to egg producers and is the result of careful negotiation between animal welfare groups and the only industry that is affected.

We are very proud of the leadership our Senator has shown in standing tall as a champion for our industry and for improved animal welfare as well.

This compromise represents something very unique in animal agriculture.

This is a practical, fair-minded resolution that I think solves a real problem for the egg industry.

We are convinced the only solution to this problem is a national production standard, as contained in Senator Feinstein's bill, S.3239.

we currently maintain two to three weapons in reserve for every actively deployed weapon.

My concern is that with that level of modernization program and with that emphasis on nuclear weapons, that the Russians have both the strategic level and at the tactical level, it would be extremely difficult to engage the Russians in…

You can't go on and estimate something at $600 million and have it come in at $6 billion.

The sizes are all classified, and when you know the sizes then you see the catastrophe. That's the hard part.

Thank you very much, Senator.

Senator Alexander has specifically suggested that we look at root causes.

The inability to keep these programs within initial budget confines, they go up exponentially, is a problem.

Well, let me then say thank you all very much. I think it's been a very interesting morning.

I think that Dr. Payne, whose views I respect very, very much, is still pretty much giving us the traditional cold war thinking about this.

a non-accredited school should not be permitted to take these students, and if you open a sham school, you go to jail.

I am just very dissatisfied with the progress.

I think the time has come, Senator Grassley and Mr. Chairman, to really get tough.

There ought to be a strong penalty for that.

I think that is the difference between us. I was where you were 10 years ago, but it has not worked.