Mr. Speaker, as I said earlier, I outlined that the president and the Prime Minister had a discussion. The president asked that the discussion after that take place with the secretary of agriculture, Ms. Veneman. That is when I was informed.
Because of the security and all that needed to be done, it was not physically possible for me to get safely into the meeting. We had a very successful meeting over the telephone. I did not have to spend thousands of taxpayer dollars to be there for a meeting. Our officials are in Washington this afternoon continuing those discussions.