Ted Yoho

If somebody comes into my house uninvited, it is not going to be a nice response.

The law ought to trump everything else.

We have got to be able to project credibility with a policy and be willing to back it up.

Of course, George Washington said that you can't have a secure nation if you don't have a secure food source.

I agree. And it needs to be a concerted effort that when a new product comes out, we need to blast that throughout the media.

He asked the panelists for suggestions concerning the existing mechanisms and how they could be rewritten in future legislation [for increased effectiveness].

I commend you for doing that, especially cutting down the E. coli., the incidents with 90 percent in humans.

That is something that we need to advertise, and I commend you for doing that.

I know the Administration is trying to allow that beef to come into this country, but before the rules and all the studies have been done, I would hope that APHIS would stand strong to protect the domestic beef population so we don't have…

When I look at the benefit of importing beef from any country that has had that or they are using a modified live vaccine, I would like to hear your thoughts on that.

Adam Putnam, our Commissioner of Agriculture, has called a state of emergency for our state.

I appreciate the panel being here. Mr. Shea, when you started off with talking about the decreased number of inspectors as dangerous in general, but especially in the face of an outbreak.

I just want to give you guys a thank you because you guys have financed so many things--a rural water treatment system in our area, rural hospitals--and you do a great job.

Is there a way to devolve from the Federal Government, and do what you do as far as guaranteeing them and stand behind them, but yet, let the private-sector do them so you don't have a bank within the USDA and the bureaucracy that goes…

Was your agency in communication with the EPA on the rule writing in saying we have a certain amount of these plants that are in existence, they have a life span of 10 to 15 more years, is there a way they can be grandfathered in and…

If a state does not adopt a plan and we see our power plants close with these active loans, is that a possibility for default for you guys?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate it. I appreciate the panel being here.

And that is thing that we need to do, and if you could come out, when you see these attacks, just come out with a response from the USDA and saying, 'No, this is the facts behind the science, and the science is good, and it benefits all.'

What I would request from you is to come up and help us come up with a policy where we need to protect it.

My Governor, Rick Scott, he wants to thank you, Commissioner Adam Putnam, and our producers for what you have done.

You took my question. That was great. You did. You got me the answer I was looking for about the 81 percent increase.

Sometimes there is a political agenda that we see driving a lot of this that is counterintuitive.

We just can't allow that to happen. There are too many good things that are coming out of this.

We ought not confront that challenge with our hands tied behind our back.

We don't want your help. Whereas before, people came to the government.