mr. connor. i appreciate working with you at the usda on the issues and appreciate the work you have done. let my say, in your experience, i know you have been working on a solution just for ag for years now. why is that so difficult and important to have it as a part of the broader bill. why is it easier as a comprehensive package or at least possible? >> i know that you've been working on it why haven't it been possible to achieve on the own? >> well, senate, you are absolutely correct in the agricultural has, you know, this is not a realization that come aabout in the last few months. we have known we have had a problem for a long time. and we worked with senator feinstein on solving just agricultural's problems for a very, very long time as well. and i would just say that history suggestses that, you know, that didn't work. that, you know, the agricultural problem in of itself probably was not going to, you know, produce successful legislation. so being a part of the comprehensive effort, aga