Jim Costa: “We need the raw materials we get from mining to expand our economy and build the infrastructure we need.”

I think that China is watching what we're doing in Ukraine just as Russia is trying to determine what is the resolve of the United States.

But let's be frank about it. Russia today is a syndicate, I think, that's masquerading as a nuclear--a nuclear syndicate masquerading as a country with a mob boss called Putin.

Food is a national security issue.

I think that farmers, ranchers, dairymen and -women are critical in so many different ways, but they are also stewards of the environment.