Approach to these. Thank you. Just to be clear this proj effect is more about the customs right. To try to speed up between the back and forth with the countries in the new dawn of north america so thank you. Thank you senator. Thank you madam chair. Thanks for having this important hearing on movement of freight when i think of this issue i think so much of Washington State and all the product thats come through on their way to asia. And we have in a short period of time seen Something Like a doubling in the sides of the ships over the last five years so yes, we have a lot more capacity and we obviously have a rising middle class in asia and they want higher they want more u. S. Products. So the question is what are we going to do to meet that demand as it relates to improving our mobility board which was chaired by mr. Downey. I think somebody from the Railroad Association at least participated in that. The question is how do we move forward on those recommendations and would you sup
Chain is only as good as its weakest link. If we cant get the harvest to market then we really cant realize the Great Potential our of agricultural industry. The port of vancouver, the port and labor dispute that we had going on there that now we see going on in long beach and l. A. It is having a great impact in creating dwindling confidence on our global markets, the ability of us to deliver. Thinking about our global opportunity an our competitors continuing to improve in their products. The differentiator for us to win in the long term will be excellent customer service. As has been said, when we lose as senator fisher mentioned, when we lose the ability to deliver customers will look elsewhere to find the same products. I just got a rather haunting email from a Manufacturing Company in montana. They have leading market share. They are the only producer of some of these products that had produce in the United States. The rest are producing in china. So this u. S. Manufacturer, the
Our trade partners our biggest ones, canada china mexico, are spending two to five times more than that on their infrastructure. And it cant be just one mode that were focused on when we talk about funding infrastructure. We have to look at all modes and we need to make those modes work better together. Rail, truck air and water are today the key components of the Global Supply chain. The Global Situation is getting worse in a lot of respects, but we have the opportunity to take advantage of whats going on internationally in the economy. The coalition for americas gateways and trade corridors ask congress to take the following steps in the upcoming surface transportation authorization. First, we would like you to establish a Freight Program containing dedicated and flexible funding. Freight should not compete with other mobility needs. Its integral to other mobility needs. Freight movement occupies a special place in our Transportation System as the elements supporting commerce competi
What share of the market your company has lost and how you see that a rippling effect throughout the industry . Well i guess going to car gil share gets to be a bit difficult. But if you look at the u. S. Pork industry or the u. S. Beef industry, we certainly have been the largest exporter around the globe. But as we have dealt with issues in the ports like currency and elements the play in the market, weve seen increase particularly in the last year to countries like the eu, chile. And certainly in the last months have seen substantial decline. Do you think that will be permanent. Will we be able to get that market back . I think any time you disappoint a customer it takes time to build trust back. And as i referred to in my testimony, there is a tremendous amount of potential for both beef and pork exports on the global scale. We have a product that the world is look inging for. And values. I certainly believe the Growth Potential remains. But there is no doubt that weve disappointed
System and the industries that are so much part of the United States economy. Thank you for doing that. And i apologize, mr. Chairman, for going so far over my time. No thats fine. Senator murray do you have any closing remarks. Dr. Murray, well stated. Thank you for both of your testimony. This was a good hearing. Senator alexander, i look forward to working with you on that. Thank you. And dr. Collins, do you know off hand, you mentioned the success rate has declined over the years. What about the absolute number of grants . Has that gone up . The absolute number of grants that we fund versus that we receive. It has bounced around, it was 10,000 30 years ago it was id have to get you the number. I was trying to compare that to the success rate. But the biomedical community has grown. It would be interested to see that. Thank you to both of you. Thank you for being here. Very important that you were here and we thank you for your six years of service at fda. And i hope youll accept ou