I would again encourage you, as the Secretary of Department of Homeland Security, to release the $40 million.

the President's budget is inadequate--in fact, requests no money this year for the continuation of that project.

a delay in its completion ought not be anything that we tolerate.

When you have chaos, you have instability. When you have instability, you have terrorism.

A single program will not meet the needs of all producers, but we have gone too far, in my view, in the other direction.

My goal during this farm bill process is to help maintain options for producers while simplifying the programs.

the number one issue that we hit whenever I am out in Kansas--I just spent 10 days there--is overregulation and enforcement.

I would like to welcome Jeff Trandahl, the executive director of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

Today's hearing is an important step in our farm bill process.

Let me stress again that good progress was made on the conservation title last fall.

We have a good, solid starting point.

All right. You just hit a home run, and my time has expired.