Madam Chairman, thank you for holding this important hearing and to consider these nominations pending before the Ag Committee.
I appreciate those kind comments. It has been a real pleasure to work with you, Tom.
Well, we are in an atmosphere, unfortunately, that rather than increasing subsidies, we keep getting shot at from the standpoint of decreasi...
I think you are underresourced right now for what you have been charged to do.
I fear that in this country you will. I think that the people who will benefit will be the growers in the countries that do not implement su...
It was clear to me that they want the Senate to very carefully consider all aspects of this issue and not rush to pass legislation.
I think we better be careful as we move ahead with cap-and-trade to make sure we get it right.
I hope you are going to be holding many, many more agriculture hearings.
It is a privilege for me to be here before you and my dear friend, Senator Hatch, Senator Franken to introduce to this Committee Beverly Mar...
Why are we burdening the U.S. economy with a bill that admittedly will not do anything to address the problem?
the chief purpose of the Waxman-Markey and the Boxer bills is to raise the price of energy.