The bill that came over from the House is exactly in the opposite direction: $880 billion being cut from Medicaid.

I want to thank you for the hearing today--I am a proud co-sponsor--and, Senator Wyden, for your passion on this, the CHRONIC Care Act.

Thank you very much.

Our Committee has a long history of working in a bipartisan manner to reauthorize the Pesticide Registration Improvement Act, which many of us know as PRIA.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to both of our witnesses.

We need to recognize the fact that Senator Roberts is the only Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee who has also been Chair of the House Agriculture Committee.

Thank you for your advocacy on behalf of agriculture.

In order to ensure Michigan continues to have a strong voice in the process, we will need to continue that tradition of working together to support our jobs, our farmers, and our families.

the Budget Office has indicated major savings because the economy is improving; more jobs are being created.

We are working with the Secretary of Agriculture on expanding crop insurance for milk.

There is a lot more being done with corn byproducts, wheat byproducts and so on.

The farm bill plays an important role in doing that.

SNAP works. We have two safety nets. We have a farm safety net and a family safety net.

Senator Roberts really was the founder of the whole effort on crop insurance, and I was pleased to take that to the next step in the last farm bill for specialty crops.

When the situation in Flint happened with the high lead levels in drinking water and over 100,000 directly exposed to this heavy metal it was Michigan agriculture that came forward first.

I have always said we do not have an economy unless we make things and grows things.

one out of four jobs are dependent in some way on the food and agriculture industry in Michigan

We need to make sure that Mexico is doing the right thing as well, on the trade front.

Well, we know in general that the average age of American farmers is 58 years old for the principal operator.

It helps our $720 million specialty crop industry access stronger risk management tools to protect their crops from future disasters.

the MPP did not hit the same level of success as the ARC or PLC programs.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

The bill made responsible, bipartisan reforms to streamline more than 100 programs and save taxpayers billions more than we expected.

The only way you can mitigate and overcome lead exposure is through good nutrition.

we were able to incorporate veteran farmer priorities with some loan programs and allow veterans and liaison position in the last farm bill.