Thad Cochran: “The Marketing Loan Program in cotton as well as in peanuts, both are very important to us.”

Mr. Chairman, let me join you in congratulating our panel here and the participation you're bringing to this challenge.

I am concerned that the 22 percent funding cut proposed for NIH could negatively affect longstanding research endeavors.

We want to know what the priorities are for funding.

Ensuring that the Corps has adequate funding to meet its responsibilities is a high priority of mine.