I was pleased to see the President's budget did include a renewal of the GSP program, and this is very important.

I am concerned that China will not honor the spirit of the 100-Day Plan in approving the remaining six products.

I know that there is great opportunity in being good stewards of our natural resources with biotechnology.

I certainly want to associate my comments and concerns with my colleagues who have raised the issue of agriculture and NAFTA.

It is incredibly important that NAFTA be updated and modernized.

I think that is extremely important.

Missouri farmers want to maintain the market access that they currently have in agriculture trade with Mexico and Canada.

Do you believe that the provisions allowing recovery of attorney's fees for sue and settle cases are being abused by environmental groups?

My bill is very simple. It removes a key incentive for environmental groups to sue Federal agencies by preventing those agencies from paying the environmental groups' attorney's fees.

There is an understanding that, and I would say a bipartisan understanding and even consensus, that our country is uncompetitive in the world as it relates to our tax policy.

I hear from constituents who find the death tax, for example, an unfair tax, inherently unfair, double taxation.