I come to the floor today in support of the biotechnology labeling solutions bill. This legislation will avoid a patchwork of State labeling regulations and in so doing will save families thousands of dollars a year to protect American…

Are you willing to support that and help us institute that?

I think that is a very important piece.

As you know, there have been serious problems at the IHS facilities in the Great Plains region.

I think there are a lot of programs across the Federal Government that have not contributed as much in terms of help with finding savings as crop insurance.

We want to make the farm bill as farmer-friendly as possible.

I would point out that since 2008, $12 billion has been taken out of crop insurance support.

I am very concerned about any reductions to the support for crop insurance. That is the number one risk-management tool for our farmers.

Thank you for your work on behalf of our farmers and ranchers.

There is no question about it. In other cases, it is a lack of accountability.

Anything you can do to make sure IHS, working with the tribes, gets payment out to those health care providers on a timely basis is not only important for the service providers and health care providers, but will help generate more…

Okay. Last question I have is in regard to the honey producers.

Forty percent of the problem is visa overstays, so you are on something very important there, Senator.

Well, your apprehensions dropped by 30 percent from 2014 to 2015, but we need to understand how that relates to the number of individuals who tried to cross, right, to make that a meaningful number.

We have to make it effectively. So when we are putting this budget together, we can say, yes, that is the right resource allocation.

Ounce of prevention, pound of cure.

I just have a few questions here, and then that will take care of questions that I have for today.

I have seen that as a traveler. And then when we were down on the border last year, we went to the international airport in Houston, and the technology you had to process international travelers, as well as just the systems and the…

I strongly urge you, you know, to continue to do that.

What are you doing to get people in those slots so you can cover the backlog?

But the cost for one of those agents is three times the cost for your domestic agents, so do you have the statistics to back that up?

Just priorities for technology and where you feel you are in terms of having the technology you need to do your job.

The inspector general issued a report in January that was critical of DHS, as well as HHS, in regard to implementation of the Ebola screening process.

I rise today to discuss two amendments I am submitting to S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act. Across the country, including in my home State of North Dakota, families are experiencing the devastating effects of opioid and…

One of the keys is that this legislation will also give you the ability to provide that service directly.