David Rouzer

I am particularly concerned by the fact that they attempted to achieve this by driving a wedge between the agriculture and maritime communities, while using scarce food aid funding to do it.

I want to thank my friend, Chairman Duncan Hunter, along with our other colleagues on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, for their willingness to examine these issues with us.

This joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture... will come to order.

Mr. Rushing, it seems the data connected to the physical piece of equipment has more influence on value and ownership than actually owning the equipment.

The Subcommittee has been following these events for some months but specifically chose to delay any formal oversight until the disease was under control.

This was without a doubt one of the worst, if not the worst animal disease outbreaks our country has ever faced.

Good morning. I appreciate the attendance of our colleagues and witnesses as the Subcommittee begins its formal review of the recent outbreak of highly-pathogenic avian influenza.

We want to highlight what was done right by identifying areas where improvement was made.

This was, without a doubt, one of the worst, if not the worst, animal disease outbreaks our country has ever faced.

I pray that we, as NATO, would give in to our Article V and help France the same way that, when we were attacked, we asked for Article V of NATO.

Thank you so much for the question Congressman Rouzer and thank you for all that you that you do for the people of North Carolina.

Providing cash as an alternative is a poor substitute.

I have a sense that the traditional direct food aid support is a much more meritorious way to provide the support for those who need it, as opposed to a cash-based assistance effort.

It is imperative that we monitor effects of the programs and flexibilities already in place.

I am proud of the United States' long established tradition as the leader of global efforts to alleviate hunger and malnutrition abroad.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I want to follow up as well on your answer to a previous question dealing with section 2008 of the water bill.

I want to thank each of our witnesses for being here with us today.

I encourage my colleagues to support this amendment because it is critically important that we provide the necessary funding to ensure that our ports are fully dredged and properly maintained. The port in Wilmington, North Carolina, plays…

I would like to welcome our witnesses to this discussion regarding reauthorization of the Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act.

To criticize other nations for imposing protectionist barriers to our products means that we must likewise be critical of our own policies that do the same.

Those concerns have proven to be well-founded considering the United States Country-of-Origin Labeling Program for beef and pork was almost immediately challenged by Canada and Mexico.

I have been critical of agreements that open our domestic markets to products produced in my district, while not necessarily gaining international market access for those same products.

I understand the critical importance of trade, both for our domestic prosperity as well as the moral obligation to support global food security.

North Carolina has a proud tradition of food banks. All of our 100 counties are served through seven different banks...