We had Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Oman open their markets to our beef, and we're excited about that.

In beef trade issues, we base our decisions upon science.

We asked ourselves and the world to base decisions on good science, and I really believe the United States can be the leader in delivering that message to our international trading partners.

Our job is to ensure that meat and poultry products are safe, wholesome, accurately labeled for the benefit of the American consumers, and to make sure that they are in compliance with all federal laws.

Food safety involves everybody in the food chain.

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

I ended up being the governor of a very ag state, Nebraska.