Jim Costa: “Weaning them off of Russia, which obviously does not have any interest in supporting these democracies.”

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.

The challenges of coming together with local, state, and Federal policy to ensure that agriculture remains what it is, which is a national security issue.