09/15/2009
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"I am an almond grower myself. It does require bees, and we are sensitive to the pollination issues."
"Well, Madam Chair, I think for the record we ought to get an estimate in terms of the economic impacts, so we would have a better knowledge of that."
"United States agriculture industry, particularly the livestock industry, has been fortunate as foot-and-mouth disease, otherwise referred to as FMD, has not been a threat since 1929."
"I think all of us on this Committee believe truly that the production of food and fiber in America is an issue of national security; and therefore, we should treat it as such."