Saxby Chambliss

We have got a program that's working within the military. It's been very effective, very accommodating for about 15, 16 years now. And it's worked well. And I think there's no reason to change it.

We've got a program that's working within the military. It's been very effective, very accommodating for about 15, 16 years now. And it's worked well. And I think there's no reason to change it.

Frankly, to run in an omnibus bill at the last minute out here that has thousands of earmarks--some of which folks like me requested months and months ago, and until 2 or 3 days ago had no idea those requests would be honored and are now…

The agricultural sector continues to have a lot of problems with the guest worker program especially with regard to the timing.

What if it does happen? What if those 265,000 resign from the military over the next short period of time? What are you going to do?

I hope that at the end of the day amendments will be allowed; that we can come up with a bill that is positive and that closes these gaps we have in the food safety inspection program in this country. Senator Klobuchar and I have worked…

Such comments are simply unacceptable.

Such comments are, quote, "simply unacceptable"

Did Georgia Senator Saxby Chambliss find the person in his office who sent that hate-filled death threat to a Web site?

I have serious reservations about EPA's preference to stop requesting critical use exemptions in 2015.

I hope that I, along with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and from every region of the country, can impress upon you just how serious our concerns are with the Environmental Protection Agency.

I believe EPA made the wrong decision not to defend its rule and instead develop a general permit for pesticide applications.

Georgia growers have done an outstanding job transitioning away from methyl bromide.

I hope that we can use today's hearing to discuss how we can create a more collaborative relationship between the EPA and American agriculture.

If the agency will not change its position, I believe it needs to ask the court for more time, specifically for at least an additional year.

We have got to have some certainty in these regulations.

That is a commonsense solution, and unfortunately, not a lot of common sense is around this town.

If you have got somebody that is making the investment and putting the time and work into producing a better product and they are not going to be able to get compensated for that, then that type of regulation is going to stifle innovation…

I am not sure we have ever seen anything like this in American agriculture before.

Senator Leahy has been a dedicated advocate of organic agriculture, was a major champion of OFPA's passage.

I think it is pretty symbolic and significant that you are here in lieu of the Chairman today.

When you have a deal and the deal is done and you are supposed to stick by it, and here we are not being able to trust the Russians to keep their word on the import of chickens into Russia.

I think this may be the most important oversight hearing that we hold as we move into the writing of the next farm bill.

U.S. agriculture exports remain one of the few bright spots on the domestic economy, with a positive balance of trade.

I support the plan and goal of doubling U.S. exports of goods and services over five years.