I do not want to belabor the point, but it is--and can be--a very effective tool at checkpoints--at border crossings.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And, thank you for stepping up and serving your country once again, Admiral.

If your only response to this is, 'you do not need to know,' I will tell you, as producers, you will lose.

If you think we can continue to be a country that is a dominant economic power without accessing markets, we are wrong.

I remain frustrated that we have not been able to really drill down and do a better job involving consumers in this discussion.

If you do not think we need to lower trade barriers, you are wrong, especially for the products that we grow in North Dakota.

I would challenge you that as we are dealing with these challenges, you need to deal directly with consumer challenges.

I start every one of my discussions about trade saying 95 percent of all potential consumers in the world do not live in this country.

I think there is--a huge problem has been the volatility in the Futures Board market.

So, would you not agree that it is a problem when--I think the number that was used was about a fourth of all cattle actually move through the market this way on a cash basis but yet establishes the price.

let me add my voice to those of my colleagues who have come here to plead the case for mine workers and for equity for widows, equity for people who have worked their entire lives with their hands and now have their future jeopardized by…

My main focus, I hope, will be on how do we get trust back into the cattle market.