"Thank you to Representatives Cheri Bustos and Austin Scott for including corn growers in the previous Subcommittee roundtable discussion on farm safety net programs."
"I think that over the next several weeks, we will probably see a tremendous number of human beings that will be starving because of the actions of one sick individual."
"The monopolization of the inputs in our food supply to our farmers is what is leading to the majority of the discussion right here."
"the world probably for the first time since the 1940s may watch as a ruthless individual in Vladimir Putin uses food or lack thereof as a weapon of war"
"I think we need to work on that."
"Well, ma'am, just giving more money to people and allowing them to buy 200 calorie sodas in a 12 ounce can and potato chips is simply making the problem worse."
"This is not about every individual farm inside the United States. It is about domestic agriculture production."
"when we talk about pre-funding a disaster program, it is not intended to replace crop insurance."
"It has given more control of our food supply over to the largest of the corporations."
"Ninety percent of our food supply in this country comes from about 12 percent of the farmers."
"If you are a beginning, young, and a small farmer and you are growing the way Ms. Asherman is, you have to have access to markets to sell your products."