yet when taking the full conference report under consideration, both the kansas livestock association, the kansas pork association strongly oppose this bill. why? in a letter sent to me by testify in sternburger, president of the kansas livestock association, he says, "we are deeply disappointed the republican does not address our two priority issues, mandatory country-of-origin labeling" -- cool, that's the acronym -- "and the grain inspection packers and stockyards administration, gipsa" -- that's the acronym. both rules on cattle marketing. now, mandatory country-of-origin labeling, or cool, as the marketing program, however, our closest trading partners have found the practice anything but cool. canada and mexico are two of our biggest and historically strong markets for u.s. beef, pork and chicken exports. in 2012 alone, canada imported over $1 billion worth of u.s. beef and mexico imported over $800 million. if we do not come into compliance, as required by the world trade organization, canada and mexico will retaliate against the united states. now, without these markets, kansa