Pat Roberts: “Are you aware the State of Missouri, the Show Me State, has enacted a law similar to the proposed GIPSA rule. I also…”

Well, let me just close by saying that I agree with the President, I agree with everybody who has said, all of the witnesses, that long-term--and it is going to have to be a long-term policy with regards to China--you are going to have to…

What agricultural producers need right now is certainty and predictability.

We are in a dire fix. We are trying to write a farm bill here, and it is with a backdrop of severe budget limitations.

I call this hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee to order.