"The United States established itself as one of the global leaders, and we have led for decades, in international food aid."
"As you know, we are concurrently undergoing negotiations for the TPP effort with many of these Asian nations and also with Canada."
"I would suggest that maybe the Subcommittee considers, if there was some interest to submitting a bipartisan letter to the Appropriations Committee."
"From a layperson's perspective or for a poultry farmer who may be facing this or for a local region where you have a television station that is covering this and they are making the report--and I see ..."
"I want to thank my Ranking Member, Congressman Peterson, who is always on top of these issues."
"Timing is all about what we do. And the time for this hearing is today because the avian flu that has taken various regions of this country is serious, and it is dramatic."
"We need to do more to provide a vaccine for high-path avian influenza, and there needs to be more research and funds dedicated to that."
"We have had a number of poultry farmers and processors that have been impacted, some in my home district, where the first reported cases of avian influenza took place."
"So how close are we or where are we, would you estimate, scientifically from developing a vaccine?"
"I think this is an important matter that the Subcommittee provide its attention and oversight to for a host of reasons."
"USAID, as we refer to it, and the Department of Agriculture's foreign service, USDA's FAS, must be commended for a history of long work that they do."