I don't think this is an election issue. It's not a Democrat or Republican issue.
Every time we've given timeframes we've been wrong on this issue. But the idea the secretary has been laying out is that we would try to get this out by the end of the year. That is his goal. Certainly, he has indicated that this is on track as a proposed rule. That doesn't mean cattle are coming across the border, or beef over thirty months. Again, we have to go through a public comment period, which normally lasts sixty days. I don't know what it's going to be. We have to review those comments. Assuming it goes forward, we then have to come out with a final rule. If it's a major rule, there's always that sixty-day period after it comes out.
You can do the math and get well into next year. It is going forward, though, and I believe the end is in sight.