John Hoeven

Americans expect the food that they eat and the drugs they take will be safe and effective.

It's important that you have transparency and certainty and particularly when we look at small businesses.

Thank you, both to the Chairman and the Vice Chairman. And gentlemen, thank you, for what you do for our country.

I will certainly look at that. You all have been studying, you all have been implement or updating other Weapons Generations Facilities.

This would give you two, and would be in line with a directive you were given by Congress?

But given that we have both, wouldn't it be a priority to get going on it, particularly when the one we have is an older one?

Are you looking at, or will you look at Camp Grafton, because you need this facility so you can do all kind of bridges at a location other than Fort Leonard Wood.

The directives you get from the Congress are also of importance to you, correct?

Absolutely and we want to work with you, and with General Brown and General Saltzman to find ways to maybe help our military-industrial complex respond faster.

It's vitally important. The effort to modernize the nuclear mission which is incredibly important.

Both want to continue to build their defenses, and work with us to do so.

We have got to help this next generation get into farming; that is an important tool.

I know. And that was part of it, which is why I registered concerns but left it at that.

That is the breakthrough, that we have got them working together, and then USDA working with the local--or with the State Department of Ag, and their outdoor resources people, I think can really help keep that cooperation going.

That program is important. The work you are doing right now is really important, we will look to make it a permanent program in the Farm Bill.

I hope you are working with the associations on how you are going to handle that aspect of it.

We have to do more to address the concentration and the slaughter industry, particularly as regards to the cattle industry.

Transparency, the sunlight is an incredibly important tool.

The Department of Agriculture (Ag) affects every American every day, our farmers and ranchers produce the highest quality, low-cost food supply in the world that benefits every single American, every single day.

Because when you look at our AG industry I think it is absolutely remarkable.

The exception is very important and that rule can get away from you. So I'm glad you're watching it closely.

I am concerned about FDA decisions to allow Mifepristone to be distributed by mail and without physician supervision.

We have to figure out good commonsense ways to accomplish it.

We have got to help this next generation get into farming; that is an important tool.

We will work with you going forward.