Ben Nelson: “I really do look forward to close examination of the existing agricultural trade programs and the policies as we…”

These programs are central to our national security. They deserve full, bipartisan support.

Let me add my thoughts. We ask you to reduce budgets, to watch the growth, and then when you come before us after you've done it, then we question why you've done it and whether you've done it right or not.

When is the right time to bring China, India, Pakistan, or others into discussions with respect to nuclear weapons?

If there were trust, then it would be much easier for the oversight to move away from transactional to more directional.