What I am surprised at is that you are spending so little.

I think this idea of a Rural Corps is really interesting, but maybe I would like to hear how we can partnership with AmeriCorps and other kinds of corps that are out there that might get a better bang for the buck for every one of them.

I went to Lalibela market in Ethiopia. And what they were selling there was all this food that we had shipped from the United States.

I would like to follow up on the Chairman's questions.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could in a decade commit that the persistently--every 10 years, when we measure this in our census, it is the same counties that are there.

Put it in the context of the military families that are defaulting because of payday lending and all of these scammers that are trying to--that DOD is very upset about.

I am really pleased that you are a Chair of this Committee that understands that, because so many people don't understand rural poverty.

I am just a little sick and tired of hearing rhetoric around here that if we give aid to farmers and we give aid to veterans and we give aid to senior citizens, those are benefits. But if we give aid to single moms trying to pay for rent…

I would be very appreciative if you could also recommend to the Committee if these rural caps that we put on programs are problematic in trying to address the problems in these rural counties.

I think your remarks are right on in a lot of issues, but I do not see that we are following through.

I think this hearing is very important because the U.S. Department of Agriculture is--and this hearing is the only hearing that will be held in Congress on rural poverty by any Committee.

if we are really going to bring down costs of healthcare in America, we have got to start with growing healthier people.