I thank the committee for inviting me here today. I've been working in agricultural economics for 30 years and no one has ever invited me to talk to them on anything I have ever done, so I welcome the opportunity. I know Sean hasn't been at this as long as I have, so he's very lucky it happened early in his career. I only hope you don't regret your decision.
On October 5th, 2006. See this statement in context.