Leonard L. Boswell: “Our goal should not punish the end-users who, like consumers, were victims in the financial crisis.”

So, in closing, I want to say this: Congress cannot wait to act. Network security hasn't kept up with network speed. This is the fundamental purpose of this bill. I encourage Members to begin to secure our networks through sharing…

I think it is clear to financiers that the hedging risk is a critical aspect of running a successful farm operation and doing so is good business for rural cooperatives and banks and producer communities.

I am proud to say that this Committee is genuinely the more bipartisan operation in the House of Representatives and I think you have just seen the reason why.

I feel it is an honor and privilege that Leonard Boswell, born in a tenant farmhouse, gets to be here today and bear testimony and make comment, that I am just proud to be part of the memory of Dwight Eisenhower.