This agency registers all pesticide products in this state. So yes, we know what is being made available to people. But what quantities they are using and what they actually use is information we do not know.

Yes, I believe there is more visibility and that the information available is of better quality than, say five years ago.

This is an undercover operation. They were trying to mislead bad guys and, yes, they did mislead the press.

This is more complicated than it looks on the surface, ... We can't just say to an agency, 'Yes you're approved and then we're going to snatch a contract away from you,' without us reviewing how well they are operating.

I think I'm fortunate that so many people talk to me about the products they're developing, the technologies they are working on, the ideas they have,

Instead of people buying and selling products and services, people are really buying and bidding on loans from other people.