"Agriculture is a leader when it comes to sustainability and conservation, and it deserves public recognition."
"This is not about ERS and NIFA. A constituent of mine whom I believe you know must be dealing with one of the more interesting and bizarre Livestock Indemnity Program cases in history."
"I have serious concerns about your budget proposal and staffing levels at Rural Development."
"to be credible, trustworthy and unhindered in its mission, a statistical agency must maintain a position of independence from undue external influences, and avoid the appearance that its collection, a..."
"It seems like the cost benefit analysis should be before the fact rather than after the fact."
"We hear the assertion, but we don't see the data to back it up."
"I don't see Rural Development as a priority for USDA."
"How, in any way, does it make budget sense to move ERS and NIFA outside of DC when there is rent-free space here available?"
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
"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."