Producers are so much better-educated in issues related to terrorism.

There is a tremendous amount of support for the approach we have taken, which again is to base our decisions on risk analysis and thoughtful scientific process.

Today, we can tell people we have a testing process and facilities in place on a nationwide basis.

We need to always be vigilant on the sanitary issues.

The president has been a true friend of the ag industry, because he continues to invest large amounts of money at a time when savings is really the goal of the federal government to deal with the deficit.

Producers are so much better-educated in issues related to terrorism.

Fortunately, when it comes to meat and poultry, I have the really wonderful situation of having producers and processors that produce and process a very high-quality product.