Sanford Bishop

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

We hear the assertion, but we don't see the data to back it up.

It does not make any sense, and it seems to be a solution in search of a problem.

However, in my opinion, her best efforts were not sufficient to overcome the well-documented and well-reasoned case against such reorganization and relocation.

I appreciate very much the relationship that we enjoy with you and your members.

Do you believe that Juul and Altria are working in good faith to reduce youth use of e-cigarettes?

I was so alarmed by this sale. I am not sure that I was surprised, but I was alarmed.

I want to applaud and let me you know that I think we all support your efforts to keep e-cigarettes and all tobacco products out of the hands of youth.

Our desire to extend the application deadlines on these products and give them until 2022 is to give us the time to put in place the implementing regulations and guidance that would not only provide the rules of the road for how to…

Thank you. I am interested in learning a little bit more about your rural development activities.

The key to it is a real robust investment in broadband and the internet because connectivity is going to mean everything for quality of life in rural communities.

For rural America to thrive, we have to close the digital divide between urban America and rural America.

Thank you, Mr. Tonsager and Mr. Hall. Thank you all for being here today. I appreciate your honesty and your genuine assessment of our rural agricultural economies.

Taken together, all of this is very, very concerning.

Your excellent and frank testimony seems to raise at least a flashing yellow light with respect to our rural economy.

It seems to me that ERS is not being given the resources or not having the resources requested by the administration to maintain the high quality of research that we have enjoyed in the past with that dramatic cut.

On the issue of realignment in your testimony you mention the scientific integrity as set forth in the Code of Federal Regulations.

Thank you very much, Dr. Evans.

It seems like you are sort of turning your head or refusing to look at existing plans that you mentioned.

I would think that to move the agency under the Chief Economist would make it have less integrity and less independence.

ERS, as I understand it, removing it from Research, Education, and Economics and putting it under the Chief Economist would appear to reduce assurances of the scientific integrity and the objectivity of the ERS statistics and research, and…

There appear to be far more questions than there are answers.

It would be irresponsible for us not to have a hearing on this proposal because it has far-reaching implications.

I want to thank you for your work.

They do this because they are in need.