It's a good idea to have producers. It's good to hear from people who benefit directly, or aren't benefiting directly from government programming. One of the risks, though, is that every case is unique. Every farm has its own operation. Every farm has its own peculiarities. Whether funding worked or didn't work for particular farming, it's very particular to that farm. We can have producers. But I think it would also be good to have organizations, because they would give an overview of how it works within their commodity or their sector. I'm raising the point here that it might be good to have a balance. We want to make sure, too, that if we're having the department and witnesses here that there's not a debate over this specific claim on this specific date, that it deals more with issues and not with the specifics of a particular farm and how the department responded to that particular situation.
On November 16th, 2010. See this statement in context.