Joseph Lieberman said...

We hope, as this hearing goes on, you will feel strongly enough about at least some of the recommendations we make here ...

Mr. Chairman, I do want to mention--it is not directly responsive, but it is related--that it happens that Senator Ayott...

I want to thank you specifically for convening this hearing on our report less than a week after we issued it.

The Department of Agriculture I gather is in the final stages and close to issuing a rule on reportable animal disease.