Jerry Moran

I am pleased that the agency took many of the suggestions and comments from the agricultural community into account by re-proposing portions of the FSMA rules because they were unworkable for farmers.

I think it is important to ask the question, what is the nature of the partnership between the taxpayer and the Federal Government and the farmer as it relates to that.

One of the confusing things to me about the President's budget is a proposed reduction in funding of technical assistance at the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Enactment of a new Farm Bill was welcome news for producers, research institutions, and rural communities in my home state.

Thank you for your testimony. Thank you for your team's presence with us this morning.

Your budget, the administration's budget proposes substantial funding increases to modernize the food inspection system.

The challenges farmers and ranchers face are not limited to factors in their control.

Will the FDA be able to meet the court-ordered deadline on FSMA and its regulations?

It appears to us that it is simply restating things that have already been put before the public and before this subcommittee previously.

I do not think I ever served on a committee in the Senate that we have not been together on.

I was disappointed to see the inclusion of grocery stores, convenience stores, and other entities that do not sell restaurant style food as their primary business included in that regulation.

In part, we are here to try to eliminate where possible that unnecessary burden.

Agriculture remains one of the bright spots in our nation's economy, supporting more than 16 million jobs nationwide.

It is nice to see the Senator from Vermont parochially protecting----

When I speak to small businesses and agricultural producers in Kansas, their overwhelming concern is a government that limits their ability to create jobs and stifles innovation through unnecessary and burdensome regulations.

Americans expect that the food they eat and the drugs they take will be safe and effective.

I encourage FDA to consider deliberate and thoughtful implementation of this law.

Their great concern is the limits of Government and how it limits their ability to create jobs and stifles innovation through unnecessary and burdensome regulations.

Congress appropriated additional money to the FDA to expedite and develop the availability of medical products related to Ebola.

Well, obviously there is uncertainty about the direction that a business must go to comply with the regulations, and what you described to me as your goal is a good thing.

This year's budget request for the Department of Agriculture proposes a $900 million increase above the enacted levels in fiscal year 2015.

My understanding about something called guidance being issued by the FDA today on this topic, is that inaccurate?

More guidance to come, more actual guidance.

When I was in the House, I despised the Senate. When I'm in the Senate, we despise the House.

I didn't vote for the Budget Control Act for a number of reasons. The two primarily of importance today is a belief that across-the-board cuts don't establish priorities.