Austin Scott

I think probably the most--my first impression is the high risk in growing a cotton crop.

When we talk about pre-funding a disaster program, it is not intended to replace crop insurance.

The existing Tree Assistance Program, which would provide about $15 per tree, was adequate, and it simply isn't.

The concept of pre-funding disaster relief was actually one the things that was part of that discussion.

I am disappointed in the criticism of that program from President Biden and Secretary Vilsack.

We need to be cognizant that the nitrogen and the potash... may not be there next year.

We are about to see people literally starving to death throughout Africa, Asia, and other lower-income parts of the world.

I hope that America is watching what is happening with the food supply around the world.

This is not about every individual farm inside the United States. It is about domestic agriculture production.

About 90 percent of the ag production in this country comes from around 12 percent of the farms.

As liberals use the courts and other things to remove the products that we need as farmers to produce the food supply for America and the rest of the world, that as our yields go down, the prices for Americans at the grocery store is going…

I don't want my country to become dependent on foreign sources of food, and I don't know any American that does.

I certainly think that is the basis that almost all producers rely on, at least commodity producers in terms of the first support net that we have out there.

If we deal with the crop insurance system in an appropriate manner, then there for the majority of the time should be less ad hoc assistance.

This Administration is clearly showing their lack of regard for the full-time farmers and ranchers that produce our food.

I am extremely frustrated with an Administration who is absolutely tone-deaf to what is happening on the farm.

I can tell you we would have had a lot of hungry people inside this country.

I would appreciate information on how many cases have been brought for fraud.

Has the Biden Administration prosecuted a single case of that fraud? Have they prosecuted a single case of SNAP fraud?

I do have a problem with a Happy Meal or a drive-through being part of it.

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.

I do not believe that cutting down forest lands to put up solar panels is a good return on investment for the environment.

Affordability, affordability, affordability is critical to making a large-scale impact.

I think there is a very serious disconnect between what the Biden-Harris Administration believes is good policy and what is happening at the grocery store.

The price of fertilizer, the price of diesel, the input prices for agriculture had gone up well in excess of 50 percent before Putin ever invaded Ukraine.