We need to talk about more about what`s being done for infrastructure and that this administration has done and Congress has done, and the Democrats in the American Rescue Plan`s fate case and with the bipartisan infrastructure bill…

If you have competition that’s good for the folks underground, the cow calf operators in this case, it’s good for the small, medium sized feeders, and it’s good for the consumer because it will help regulate prices.

Capitalism isn’t working in this particular instance, because of concentration and consolidation in the industry.

Rural America is important in this country. If we have the kind of leadership we need, and we’ve seen good leadership out of the president as you pointed out with that editorial, but the bottom line is if we do nothing? We’re going to have…

capitalism doesn't work in situations like that.

Democracies don’t work unless you’ve got a fed society.

what I am for is add more competition to the marketplace.

If we have a forest that is not properly managed, we have fuels build up. We have a wildfire take place.

The cartels are operating with the efficiency of UPS.

Unfortunately, tribal communities do often face the brunt of this burden in the fight against opioids and addiction.

We just need it to be implemented. And the only way that we are going to be able to implement it is if we have proper litigation reform.

Joe Biden's failed immigration policy has empowered Mexican cartels to smuggle fentanyl and drugs across the southern border undeterred.

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that money is going to do squat if it can't be spent because all these projects are tied up with litigation.

But, again, does the Endangered Species Act negatively impact the proper management of our forests?

I think everybody wants us to do right by our veterans. We just need to make sure that we find the sweet spots so we are able to do that.

The policies that you have put forth to deal with mental health, are they measurable, and are you measuring them?

I would like to know more about how the DoD is moving into the next phase of caring for the physical and mental health of our military members and their families.