alice ferguson is the agricultural reporter for " congressional quarterly -- congressional quarterly. >> are their proposals you are going to take away from the going to take away from the summit that we would see in the 2012 farm bill? what is at stake for taxpayers in a farm bill? >> what we found from the world summit was confirmation we're headed in the right direction. there was keen interest in all aspects of this framework. what we will continue to work on is making sure we have a plan and strategy to build up the biofuel and renewable fuel and energy industry in rural america. america. we have an industry that is regional in nature in the midwest. we need to make sure all parts of the country are able to helps contribute to produce more biofuel and renewable energy. we do not have to wait for the 2012 farm bill discussion to do that. we are continuing to invest in broadband expansion. we do not have to wait for the farm bill to do that, but once we have these grants, we have to go back to the communities and make sure the technology is fully utilized and people understand the