I am really pleased to hear you talking about this commitment on moving towards biofuels.

Well, I am grateful for that, and our public land legacy is the envy of the world, so I appreciate the work you are doing, and I yield back.

Again, I am really pleased to hear you talking about this commitment on moving towards biofuels.

I am very grateful and proud to be serving with you.

What are the factors do you think in addition to what the Forest Service is doing that are leading to those changes?

A diverse rural economy is the strongest hedge we have against economic downturn and natural disaster.

Thank you not just for being a friend of agriculture but being a friend of rural America.

To get the two of you talking smoothly on the same platform without the ability to reach outside the system is not the way we want to go.

The private sector input into this is going to be critical.

While I am disappointed in how some of this rolled out, I also think putting it in the context of where the private sector is at on this.

I think this last part that was being brought up is actually critical.

If you want a truly interoperable system, both streamlining data and protecting the patient, that is going to be a critical component too.