Jim Baird actually said...

"we were intentional in selecting our witnesses for our stakeholder panel today from multiple regions across the country, because this will provide us with the diversity of views."

"I am proud of our dairy industry for rising to the unprecedented challenges."

"Now, I want to commend the National Milk Producers Federation and the International Dairy Foods Association for their work."

"So can you elaborate on--are there any issues that we need to tweak in that program, that you are aware of, or has it been working well enough to leave it alone?"