Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

We also want to thank Senator Michael Bennet, who is an original cosponsor of S. 1635.

And what are the implications of that?

I want to just underscore an observation you made a minute ago, that as we think about this international harmonization, it also is, I think, the interest of many people on this Committee that our agencies reach harmonization domestically…

It is frightening to me to think that we are struggling to find the next generation to carry on this vital and historic State industry.

I say often that one of the bright spots is the work on the Agriculture Committee where we have a very bipartisan approach.

Unfortunately, they did not do their job, and now we are facing an expiration date for the farm bill this year.

I think that is very well said.

the only way it is going to be resolved, I think, is through the kind of initiatives that the Senator from Kansas has talked about and by educating our people.

A lot of people do not know that our gross domestic product is actually higher today than it was before we went into this recession.

It is fleeting, though.