Political Quotes

“I only wish we could do this on the southern border of Iowa and the northern border of Missouri, out where farmers live, away from the rarified atmosphere of this Chamber, and ask the farmers of Iowa and Missouri, the farmers of any other State, is this really a two-edged sword? Are you as a farmer really worried that the Fish and Wildlife Service is going to put out a regulation that would help farmers and the Secretary of Agriculture would oppose it and try to overturn it and get the President to overturn it? That one won't meet the laugh test. That dog won't hunt in farm country. People know what is going on out there. It is not a danger to farmers that we have too much regulation. Actually, when regulations are overturned, it is usually when a regulation affects a large metropolitan area--building a bridge, something like that. Maybe if there are a lot of people around who are affected, then they can get some relief. When it is just a few farmers, when they need some irrigation water, then other things come to the fore. Ask the farmers on the Klamath River about the sucker fish. Ask the farmers in Texas about the Arkansas shiner. Who is being protected there? The Fish and Wildlife Service has the power, overwhelming power, to jump in and protect endangered species.”