Doug LaMalfa

this measure I think is very key to keep... the peace but keep those agreements.

I want to ask on this panel here with the Pest and Disease Management Program that has been in place a few years, how do you feel that that has helped in your area, in your industry during that time?

So it is LaMalfa, okay?

what more could we be doing with the vast amount of imports that seem to be coming into this country here as far as looking at the food safety or the pesticide especially on that?

First, I thank the Chairman for finding this a creative way to make a good thing happen, and a good thing to acknowledge in our history.

We need to be successful.

Those folks were pleading for help, for long-term fire suppression.

I just want to express my appreciation to the Eisenhower family.

The Public Power Risk Management Act of 2013 (H.R. 1038) was introduced by Congressman Doug LaMalfa.

As we know, regulations hopefully well intended, can have sometimes an adverse impact on people's lives and sometimes it is unclear what the benefits may be from some of those regs.

So without a correction I think one of the byproducts of this portion of Dodd-Frank may be increased cost for electricity and gas bills for regular rate payers all around the country, which to me, especially at this time is unacceptable or…

The input we are getting is that people are pulling back and drawing out of it, so I am out of time.

Without a correction I think one of the byproducts of this portion of Dodd-Frank may be increased cost for electricity and gas bills for regular rate payers all around the country, which to me, especially at this time is unacceptable.

We expect and anticipate good production this year, and if that occurs, the expectation is that crop prices will come down.

I certainly recognize the challenges that dairy has just as a general proposition.