Well, again, I thank the Chairman and our witnesses.

I fully expect this cross-section of views will promote a vigorous debate, and that is what we are here to do.

As the House Committee on Agriculture considers reauthorization of expiring provisions of the United States Grain Standards Act (GSA) in the coming weeks, we respectfully request that any legislation considered by the Committee maintains…

I would also make the case that I do think we need to learn from what happened in Washington, but I would caution us not to upset a very good and functional system over that incident.

It must be the gold standard as it has always been.

Additionally, it is essential that any changes to the export inspections regime do not upset the existing process, which is both efficient and meets the needs of growers, producers, and distributors, as well as customers.

the Washington State Delegation, in a bipartisan manner, unanimously sent a letter and said the system works, don't mess up the system, just address it so that we have a safeguard in there in case this situation arises.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you all for your testimony.

I am very uncomfortable with the proposal that's been put forward.

My only glimmer of optimism, Mr. Gibson, is my personal faith in you.

I can't stress enough, if it falls short in any way of achieving these things, the difficulty on those dollars are going to be even more.

I do agree that the importance of this weapon system as to our airpower and our national security strategy is pretty clear to everyone.