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My understanding has always been that when an act of Government can deprive citizens of property or liberty, it is not a rule or regulation, it is a law, and only Congress can enact those laws.

This has to change. This has to change.

Government subsidies, again, always controversial, but in both of your written testimonies, you potentially suggested farmers are going to need some kind of economic assistance.

Farm income over the 2021 to 2023 period represents the highest level of farm income in the last 50 years.

That won't be farming next year?

It is not Trump's trade war. It is a war that has been levied against the citizens of America.

The Department of Agriculture has also forecast farm income would slide $25.5 billion from 2023.

Lower crop prices are leaving agricultural equipment sellers with an excess of unsold tractors and combines.

Agriculture is the number one industry in the majority of states in this country.

Agriculture is extremely important to our rural communities, but it is important to urban communities as well.

It is my hope that our farm bill will take all of this into consideration.

I would say that we would appreciate a strong safety net or a stronger safety net.

We are not going to have nutrition if we don't have farmers.

It is clear that we need to come together, Republicans and Democrats, on a farm bill that strengthens the farm safety net, and we are going to do it together.

If there are Members on the other side of the aisle that truly want to see a farm bill come to fruition this year, my door remains open to negotiation from any partner willing to come to the table with a serious proposal, not more red…

There is not a single commodity that our guys are going to be cash-flow positive on.

I will tell you our rights were violated because that gentleman--I will call him a gentleman--actually was transferred.

I back its closure 110 percent. Closing the facility was the first step in a long and harrowing process.