It is the USDA's responsibility to make sure that the food supply is as safe as possible, and that includes, obviously, making sure that what is imported undergoes the same rigorou...
He is someone that I and other members of this committee have come to know, respect and admire for his fairness.
I would like to offer a very warm welcome to Senator Bennett as he assumes his responsibilities as chairman of this subcommittee.
I do appreciate that and the clarification is very helpful.
you really can't entirely predict what a prion-related disease will do.
I think you are absolutely right.
I would agree, no question as a matter of principle.
Senator Kohl, certainly, you know that import inspection, or reinspection, as we call it, of meat and poultry that is imported into the Unit...
I will be on you and at you with a sense of urgency to try and find some way to increase the amount of funding that we can get in Wisconsin.
Thank you very much, Senator Bennett.
But that kind of a backlog would not be tolerated by you here.