We have to have opportunity for farmers of all sizes, all philosophies, all styles, to be able to compete and exist in the future.

I have introduced legislation in the Senate for biodiesel incentives.

Thank you for all your years of dedicated leadership.

We will raise heck anyway.

I am proposing to say, first of all, instead of bringing 30-, 40-unit coal trains a day through downtown Rochester and other places, it would have a devastating affect on the quality of life and the economy.

We are going to need a lot of you all. Before it is all over, I am hoping that around the country there are going to be a lot of huge gatherings in a lot of States putting pressure on all reps, all Senators, Democrats, Republicans, and…

We believe that is good for all Minnesotans regardless of your political beliefs.

We need opportunity for everybody if they want to make their living on the land.

We can't afford another shakeout of family farmers. Then we won't have any left. This is the time to do it.

I have never seen an array of such complicated, interrelated, interwoven programs that you all have to contend with every day and every year of your life.

We believe that now is a historic opportunity for the Senate to pass a farm bill that is based on sensitive goals and realistic outcomes.

We need to have those kinds of environmental incentives.