"Thank you all for joining us today as we evaluate the implementation of farm bill food international assistance and development programs."
"I suspect more needs to be done to address that."
"As the richest nation in the world, puts America in responding to the needs that are so many out there and really shows us attempting to put the very best foot forward."
"I am here to ask for your help to be a part of the solution to help keep American fruit and vegetable growers in business."
"We can't expect Customs and Border Protection or the Department of Agriculture to evolve its capabilities to match these evolving threats without the resources to do so."
"I request that more time and attention from USDA APHIS be directed towards training CBP ag specialists on insect identifications."
"The topic of this morning's hearing is safeguarding American agriculture from wild, invasive, and non-native species."
"We need more USDA APHIS insect identifiers and CBP ag specialists."
"Congress must act now to ensure a successful nutria eradication program is implemented and sustained."
"Mr. Harder's legislation deals with the invasive species of nutria, and specifically right now in California, we know with the invasions in Maryland and Louisiana that this very aggressive swamp rat, ..."
"I would urge this Committee and the full Committee, if they are not cosponsors of Mr. Vela's legislation that focuses on improving staffing within the inspection services and also within the USDA, to ..."