Terrific. Thank you, and I thank my colleagues who probably went out for a cup of coffee or something else, who stood ahead of me in line.

But my concern is what we are seeing really out of the White House and out of the budget does not seem to be pro rural or pro agriculture.

The sugar program is critical. I am not sure--I have not been here for the whole hearing.

I want to associate myself with the remarks of Senator Thune, who talked about the importance to really have flexibility as we implement the next Farm Bill.

I hope that you will engage us. We are a very bipartisan, collaborative committee, and we all represent agricultural states.

If I did that, I would be in jail. If I did that, I would be investigated criminally.

I think there is a way that we can rectify that by lowering the standard but still having the deterrent.

But, why would we abuse this person, who has given so much to our country and so much to border protection?

I want to see that threat assessment and that plan reflect the ideas that you have.

Now, that is something that is ridiculous, but it affects morale.

We want China to continue to drive really hard bargains.

I still think it would be a mistake to trade sanctions for cooperation in the fight against ISIS.