mr. kaufman. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you both for coming here today to testify on the problems of sexual assault in air force basic training at lackland air force base. one question i have come the general rice, one of the conclusions that it is was to reduce the train time, the number of weeks at lackland air force base, is that correct? >> it was a recommendation in the investigation, the 46 recommendation i said i would deal with in a different forum. we're looking at the look of basic military training at the length of the training will be determined by training they need to accomplish and not specifically on addressing this issue. >> let me just tell you obviously training is inadequate because you have a culture of the united states air force that allows these pervasive assaults to occur by your senior enlisted person now during basic training the purpose of basic training or entry-level period of training in many branches of service, and i've been through two. army or inquiries to indoctrinate the soldier an

mr. kaufman. >> thank you, mr. chairman.thank you both for coming here today to testify on the problems of sexual assault in air force basic training at lackland air force base. one question i have come the general rice, one of the conclusions that it is was to reduce the train time, the number of weeks at lackland air force base, is that correct? >> it was a recommendation in the investigation, the 46 recommendation i said i would deal with in a different forum. we're looking at the look of basic military training at the length of the training will be determined by training they need to accomplish and not specifically on addressing this issue. >> let me just tell you obviously training is inadequate because you have a culture of the united states air force that allows these pervasive assaults to occur by your senior enlisted person now during basic training the purpose of basic training or entry-level period of training in many branches of service, and i've been through two. army or inquiries to indoctrinate the soldier and

mr. kaufman knows what percentage of the farm bill goes to food production and how much goes to food stamps. when ethanol is made, there is a byproduct. is a the last question is, what would our gas prices be if we cannot use ethanol? the farmers of america are doing the best job vacant. guest: absolutely. i would agree with you. the farmers in america are doing the press -- best job they can. the farmers are being helped by subsidies from the american government in terms of direct payments and biofuel requirements. these are helping the american farmer and making them one of the great success stories in the history of agriculture. that is all true. i do not think i am arguing against farming. i am arguing for more support of farmers globally. there is a strong sense that farming, in this country, is done by fewer people, and it seems very few people. that is a great thing. that is extraordinary efficiency. people forget that worldwide there are 2 billion farmers, most of them women. they are feeding about half of the world. most of these farmers in the developing world are in dire straits.

mr. president, what i want to do today is continue a tradition that i actually inherited from one of our former colleagues, senator ted kaufman of delaware. senator kaufman, who had been a longtime employee of the senate, came to this floor on a fairly regular basis during his time here to basically celebrate and acknowledge the, in most cases tireless unsung work of so many of our federal employees. as we debate budgets and debt and deficit and oftentimes recognize that we have to make extraordinarily difficult choices and cuts, behind all of those cuts in many instances are federal employees who do remarkable work in keeping us safe and providing services and helping our country grow. ted kaufman used to come down here and on a regular basis and celebrate some of those unsung heroes, and i was proud to continue this tradition last congress and look forward to carrying it on through another session. i start this next congress actually celebrating two great federal employees, both who happen to be virginians, i might add, who serve as excellent role models. they represent the thousands of professionals who work quietly every