If Congress steps in and starts the process of regulating on-farm production practices, I do not think that HSUS or the animal rights groups or anybody else that is advocating for that will stop.

Senator Feinstein and the egg producers of California have a real challenge.

I would expect that those consumer implications, while not immediate, that over the next year could be considerable.

I do not like user fees, but under the circumstances, there is not any real alternative.

I am sure the committee stands behind you in your endeavors.

It is going to be the public that pays the user fees.

Senator Pat Roberts and his staff have been working on behalf of the Commission's Executive Committee to encourage, arrange, and schedule Eisenhower family meetings at the Commission's expense with Frank Gehry and other pertinent parties.

I want to acknowledge that you have already submitted for the record the letter we received from the lending community.

I just want the record to show that we cut--'we.' I did not. We did cut in the farm bill in 2008 $6 billion.

I hear time and time again, just as you have said, that our producers and their lenders, especially important in regards to stressing lenders, that crop insurance is the cornerstone of the farm safety net.

Maintaining a strong safety net in the next farm bill is critical.

crop insurance, as Senator Roberts pointed out, is a key component for managing risk today.