You've shed a lot of light on a serious issue, and we will see what we can do to make things better.
We need to be on top of these inspections, we need to understand it, and I'm confident that our--now-investigation will lead us to finding o...
Americans, myself included, were appalled to see cattle too sick to stand, much less walk.
Why don't you have a system that uncovers this kind of inhumane treatment of animals?
Shouldn't you be responsible for uncovering these situations yourself? Isn't that serious?
The last thing we want, I think, any of us, is to leave the impression with the American people that we don't have a serious problem.
U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wisconsin, said Thursday that his Senate Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommit...
But isn't it also true that this whole problem was uncovered by a camera that wasn't even yours? It was from The Humane Society.
Last year, USDA did weaken that rule.
We don't want this hearing to give the indication that the problem isn't a serious problem, that requires some strong action.
The American people don't feel that way.