If there is to be any hope of Congress acting on these matters, it will only be after Treasury returns to the negotiating table.

WOTUS is the thing I hear the most in bailiwick of agriculture.

I am asking, would we undermine the incentive to invest and grow jobs in the U.S. if this regime were enacted globally?

I fear the answer to that question is 'yes.'

This would directly undercut our sovereignty as a Nation and the legislative power of tax writers.

Farmers and manufacturers in my home state of Indiana depend quite a bit on market access to ensure they can continue to grow and stay relevant in this globalized world in which we live.

I think we are probably on somewhat the same wave length.

American workers and American companies deserve a better deal.

I am worried about owning more in the future.

So, you're going to try to use government to price control.

Well good luck with it, because it's never generated more than a 17½ percent, percentage on tax revenues as a percentage of our GDP over 50 years. Therefore, I think you're being dishonest with the American public.

I cannot understand why we allowed other countries to protect their incentive regimes while throwing ours to the wolves.

Are you interested in reforming that biggest sector of our economy?

Sooner or later, if you're going to try to raise revenue when it's above historic levels, it always comes with a price of lower economic activity.

Well good luck with it, because it's never generated more than a 17½ percent, percentage on tax revenues as a percentage of our GDP over 50 years. Therefore, I think you're being dishonest with the American public.

We cannot raise taxes when Americans are struggling.

If there is to be any hope of Congress acting on these matters, it will only be after Treasury returns to the negotiating table.

I don't know how that could be sold to the American public as a sustainable, healthy business plan.