John Scott Duarte: “We have to get to a point where we respect the loggers, the ranchers as the true stewards of these lands or we are…”

we also have a very blue State government. And that doesn't bode well for red rural counties, in terms of getting our share.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you to the panelists today. I am a farmer from California.

obviously, we can't haul anything on that in regard to ag products. We certainly need to keep priorities in line and remember that the local areas are really best suited to determine what their needs are.

a legitimate player like yourself is going to look at alerts and, hey, don't buy these things from Peru, don't buy these things from Russia.