Jim Costa actually said...

I share my colleague, Congressman McGovern's concern because as I said, anecdotally, I think all of us have traveled abroad and seen the imp...

Maybe instead of speaking about this as a farm safety net, we need to start calling it a food safety net.

We are prepared to reduce our spending, however, and these audits help us determine the best places to trim our budget.

There aren't enormous savings to be found from cutting farm programs. They comprise less than 1/2 of 1 percent of the Federal budget.