It is tragic that there are children that go to bed hungry here in the United States.

It becomes clear that we need to improve the Nutrition Assistance Program on the island.

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.

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, analysis or dissemination processes…

It seems like the cost benefit analysis should be before the fact rather than after the fact.

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

you gave USDA an overall score of, quote, 'ineffective,' end quote, for IT Security Program.

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.

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.