mr. boswell? >> thank you, chairwoman and a committee to allow me to brief you today ensure my testimony. my good friend from chicago came here -- and i came here together and we do a lot of good things together. i do believe we do a lot for animals and not just for the animals, but to keep as i share my testimony. i spent most of my life involved in agriculture and i've seen firsthand the responsible use of antibiotics. i understand the issues that affect the livestock, dairy and poultry industries having spent most of my youth with and livestock production and today i still have a hand in managing and cattle calf operation on my farm in southern iowa. once i retired from 20 years ago i may move back to return to farming. things changed so i sat down with my local veterinarian who actually manages our little cattle operation now and his senior partner and people from iowa state university to discuss the use of the antibiotics to treat sick animals and prevent future illness. from my experience w

mr. boswell?well, thank you, madam chairman, and members of the committee, for allowing me to appear before you today and to share my testimony. i might be a little different from my good friend from chicago. i do mean good friend. we came here together and we do a lot of things together. but, i believe, that we are growing animals just just for rapid growth but for healthy animals and healthy food to keep people healthy. and, i believe, that and you'll probably understand that when i share my testimony. i spent most of my life in agriculture and i've seen firsthand the responsible use of antibiotics. i understand the issues that affect the livestock, dairy and poultry industries having spent most of my youth working in livestock production and today i still have a hand in managing an operation on my farm in southern weigh. -- iowa. once i retired from 20 years in the army i returned to farming. i knew things changed so i learned about it. so i sat down with my local veterinarian who manages this

mr. boswell was still here. think to a certain extent the concerns of some of the producing district and my colleague mr. cardoza is that this would somehow hurt their ability to make money. but we find quite to the contrary that those of us who represent and i represent a consuming district, my consumers would be thrilled to pay a few pennies more knowing -- and they voted with their dollars already. and that's what led to the tremendous success of your businesses. we have lagged behind on the public health and government regulation front. well behind these pioneers -- pioneered these practices. and proven that it is not only good for consumers. it is good for producer as well. that's a message that we need to drive home, the gentleman from yeah and -- iowa and the gentleman from california. you mentioned the food cost that's to the de triment of animal welfare. but i would like to add to that something that our colleague miss slaughter said that it also de tracts from the taste of the product itself. if you co

mr. boswell, two minutes. the chair: the gentleman from iowa is recognized for two minutes. mr. boswell: well, thank you, mr. speaker, and thank you, madam chair woman, for allowing me to share this moment. i do ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the chair: without objection. mr. boswell: i rise in support of the manager's amendment because the enhancing small business research innovation act holds great promise for our most innovative minds and creative entrepreneurs. in particular, i'd like to thank the chairwoman for including in the manager's amendment language that will be a priority for sbir and sttr grants. having worked with the congress to pass, the 2008 re-authorization was passed by the full house. almost two years ago, may tag corporation in iowa, a town of 15 1/2,000 people managed its largest machine, losing more than 2,000 good-paying family jobs. since then, this town has worked hard to rebuild itself, create jobs for the people of newton and the surrounding communities. unfortunately, though, similar stories still devastate towns in my community, my stat

mr. boswell, 2009 the statement of miss hiyman. i'm going real fast. can you keep up with me? i'll give you this list. risk management strategies for the use of antimicrobials. letter from dr. anne her shon. the chairwoman lou, se slaughter -- ouise slaughter. transcript on the poultry committee to review the advances of animal health. thursday september 28, 2008. the letter from joshua sharkstein. and the deputy commissioner of the f.d.a., the chair of antibuy yotucks committee. thanks to you all. thanks very much to you. and this committee is adjourned. >> no president obama on health care. he talked about the urgency or passing a comprehensive bill that will reduce costs and not add to the deficit. his remarks came at the white house following the passage of legislation by two key house committee's. this is about 10 minutes. good afternoon. i realize that washington is often focused on the 24 hour news cycle. instead of the longview. and i know that there's a good deal of that going on right now when it comes to health care. so i wanted everybody to step back for a moment,

mr. boswell. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you both for this hearing. mr.ecretary, are you are well aware that the market price in agriculture has been very volatile, and it is a concern. experts tell me that the population is growing by 90 plus million per year. food is important, and i just want to say this -- please remember in all these discussions you have that we're envied around the world. we have the least expensive food in the world. maxine and i, i live in california and she lives in iowa. we contribute something, and we get back. i'm concerned about everyone over the counter, all these derivatives transactions registered with some agency. would this include an agency like using derivatives like grain elevators? they've got a hedge. they've got to be careful. they get caught out there in a weak position, and they can go down and this's no market out there in the marketplace for the producer. >> if i understand your question correctly, we preserving and i think it's appropriate to preserve the ability of grain elevator operators and a whole range o