I do not think we will successfully achieve the intent of the Congress of the United States at the current funding level.

I hope to work with you in that process.

I appreciate those comments. When we spoke earlier, I noted that there are several community colleges and technical colleges in the State of Wisconsin that are endeavoring to make a college promise to students in their area, even without…

We hope that this bill will pass the Senate and become law in short order.

I look forward to continuing to work together on that.

I would like to see VA discontinue using social security numbers to identify individuals in all VA information systems.

I hope that you will commit to resolving this issue this year, and pushing forward with that specific competition for classical breeding research.

I hope we can follow up this exchange with ways in which the USDA can help meet those very important and immediate needs.

For Wisconsin farmers, it is not about the academic competition. It is about having the varieties that they need right on the farm to help them make it through tough years.

I appreciate your commitment to work with me and local communities, and we will certainly follow up.

I feel like we absolutely must tackle this.

I am concerned about the proposed cuts as well as their impact and their potential for impact in the State of Wisconsin.