in the various previous campaigns of that contingent, the meridian expedition, red river campaign, tupelo and the pursuit of price to missouri and arkansas. they liked to boast at how much they had marched. one of them said that his diary -- in his diary that there was various running around across country, putting out fires, figuratively speaking, only figuratively speaking. [laughter] literally speaking they were , more likely to light a fire than to put one out. just ask the citizens of louisiana. but, figuratively speaking, putting out strategic fires for grant. one of them said he had marched 15,000 miles that year. safe to say it was probably a pretty good distance. now, i think what is notable about them, if you look at these regiments, then is that you have , a leavening of very experienced regiments who have been right in some of the hottest battles right in the beginning of the war. you have a pretty good number of them who have maybe not that much but a considerable amount of combat experience. all of them have a number of combat experiences, including some major battles and a

chairman, gail and i have lived on 521 magnolia drive, tupelo, mississippi, for over 32 years. the lady that built the house before us planted st. augustine grass over 50 years ago. and for the first time this winter, i experienced winter kill of my st. augustine grass. now, i don't know what's going on. but the fact of the matter is i can play anecdotes all day. i'll just say that somehow the cold and the ice and the winter got to my st. augustine hasn't happened in 50 years on magnolia drive. i don't know what that proves, except that we can give anecdotes that don't have really much to do with science. let's talk about these -- the migration of the ducks, mr. ashe. it's my understanding that because of the increased demand for corn used in ethanol production, we're seeing a reduction of available breeding grounds in the midwest wetlands and grassland for ducks in mississippi and louisiana flyways. so don't you think that there is an impact caused by the renewable fuel standards on