Dick Lugar: “Could some say that, 'By and large, you just can't count on us.'”

The balancing of trade in food by the international trading system is a major factor in hunger, and I am delighted you are working on it.

It is not the lack of food in the country but the problems of poverty and distribution and income.

If we are really serious about yields and about a large change for the single woman farmer dealing with bad seed and bad fertilizer and bad transportation, this is why I asked the question.

I would like to recognize Senator Vitter on our side. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana.