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everyone.ryon certainly want to welcome everybody to the usda, for theud fifth and final in a series ofos working help held joined by the usda and department of justice. to explore the appropriate roled for antitrust and regulatory enforcement in an american agriculture. i want to welcome the panelists who i will introduce in a few wi minutes, and my good friend, the rnto attorney general who i will .ntroduce in just a second.ecod in my travels across the country thhave heard from citizens who are concerned about the future of american agriculture. in these workshops we beenbeen looking at a wide range ofes reg issues regarding competition in agriculture. today we look at the dynamics iy between each segment of food of market change, margins in the t livestock poultryli and dairy d industries, and issues in the retailing sector.tal the obama administration is committethd to being the most on and transparent in history. hish this is why we look forward to this dialogue regarding theardi agricultural marketplace. i want to welcome all of you too this workshop into this hearing. today we int

one of the big problems we have is with our ports ofo on points of entry and we have a substantial amount of character issues on our own side of the border. just last week, they stopped a semi a few miles that had come through the port of entry with several tons of marijuana. bill: so what is your solution? i know janet napolitano is down there, you're not going to meet face to face with her but what do you think the solution is if the other sheriff is so wrong? >> there are a number of things that have to be done and the political rule of the congress isn't there. they talk about border security, but one of the key ingredients of border security is immigration reform. and every time we raise immigration reform, the right wing is going to say that's amnesty, we can't do that. you know, they have simple solutions to everything, and the politicians will and hide like they always have. bill bill and many would argue they're not cracking down on american business when they hire illegals. i understand the point you're making. but this is still an issue, if you've got 650,000 crossing per year

so whether you look at it for many of these eethree points ofo view for each of these three points ofew, meaning the three phases, we're going to have in place a system, which will defend our homeland and will help our european allies. let me conclude with one one quotation. i mentioned to admiral mullen before the chairman of the joint chiefs. this is what he is said about the so-called phase of adaptivee approach. the joint chiefs combat commanders and i also fullyed approach as outlined in the ballistic missile defense revie, report. is that the nuclear posture review, the joint chiefs and combat combatantan commanders were dee. involv process. so whether it is the joint chiefs, whether it is the combatant commanders or whether it's other commentators of the well, we are going to make sure that in the aftermath of the ratification of this treaty ishs consistent with and as part of t end is because of theissle ratification of this treaty thae ndr missile defense will be as a strong as it can be and we'reo going to make sure that without a doubt we're going to protectrt the american

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president, has become ofo the end of the year and the end of this session, i want to talkp about what is really happening here for the american people, for small businesses, what is happening here in terms of the senate, and what is really at to stake as become to the end of theth year for american familie, folks that are struggling everyn day, people trying to get intous the middle class, the small businesses trying to keep theirs heads above water as well as our manufactures ends along.and is and it is extremely concerning to mece that colleagues on thege other side of the aisle and they have shown it in a letter t written,he they are willing toti risk everything in order to get a bonus round of tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.o they are literally willing to stop everything, risk everything in the economy in order to get extra tax cut. i am not talking about, and the reason i say extra is because we have an agreement that 97% of the public, who earns less than $250,000 a year for their family, should we continuing to receive tax cuts permanently ans everyone who has incom

and my hope is that millions ofo americans start calling their senators to ask a question.: ank who's idea was that? and i would like to know. i don't think -- and the irony,s and senator landrieu made this y point. they're millionairesed out there was a thank you. i don't need it. i am more worried about the kids in this country or a infrastructure than giving me a tax rate i don't need.eed. i can't spend it.than thanks very muksch. thus the warren buffett has said, bill gates has said.said. i know ben of ben & jerry's hasa set up your risk of many millionaire saindon. we are giving some of these guys something they don't even want.t so i just want to thank senator landrieu very much, not only for being here today.ng please continue.tant but for raising these important issues. this >> one more point and i'm going to turn this back over to the ws senator. i was on the credits and show last night and i think greta ist always a tough, tough tou interviewer, but she shares i'd happily go unheard program. we debated these things. and i think that's important to, debate them here, debate t

under the regular order each ofo the bi hlls would take at least several days of time and we would consideris numerous amendments, not going to happen at this bill. instead, we will to the of e equivalent of more than a month's work of foretime aseverl couple of days with no amendments and some wonder why congress's approval rating hasow fallen to 13%. someone said who is the 15%, anc the answer wonas well it is our staff and our families meanly. e let me just conclude here with a little bit about jobs. this bill will raise energy prices in the united states and the story energy jobs through,lr provisions.fter the there is a ban on shallow water drilling. now i felt the whole ideas especially after the gulf wheres we had a deep water drilling law problems was to encourage drilling in the shallow water tt production. the bill changes ball to triple the time of the the part of onterior to theon explorationiat plans for offshore operators from 30 to 90 days. the provision could lead to huge up each contracts and that further and parents to creating jobs and energy here at home. the bill reduce

we are the guardians of that rer treaty.ment each gene tration ofo americanss been called to renew ourcommitment to that ideal, often in blood, always a sacrifice. now is our time. now is the time for us to keep faith with those who have come o before them to do right are o will follow, to liftanifes high the cause of freedom in all its manifestations within its surest sanctuaries, this unitedf states senate. all of this was put in day perspective for me one day i may visit to all trade armyed hospital. s i was visiting wounded soldiers. georgia. he'd been married three weeks ia before deployingq. to iraq. he was missing his left arm and both legs. his wife sat by his side. calm a look of dignified calm wasi a upon his face. neede i asked if he was receiving the care he needed. yes he said, he was. i asked if there is anything that i could do.. no, no that was not. anything he needed? no. i've never felt so helpless are so insignificant. rm, i left his room, made my way to, the hospital front door, walkedh outside in the bright sunshine, sat upon t the curb and cried. all i could think