"I do know that the Georgia cattlemen... about them putting together some type of a co-op and the ability to slaughter and process."
"This should not be that hard to do. And it would benefit everybody I think to have the cash secured at the Federal Reserve."
"I currently have a bill, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Research and Development Modernization Act (H.R. 4337)."
"I do think that with the volatility in commodity prices and the input prices in agriculture, I do think that we are going to need to make sure that our farmers and others are able to hedge their risk ..."
"If you read any of the financial news, you see the terms weaker fundamentals, yield inversion, the word recession is being used increasingly, housing bubble."
"I do think, given the volatility we have seen in the market, given what feels like a more frequent period of shocks to the system, right, whether it was COVID 2 years ago and now the Ukraine crisis, t..."
"I think it is critical that we have an effective farm safety net, and that we have open and honest discussions about where our food supply comes from and the danger of disrupting that from some of the..."
"I am very disappointed in it, too, and in fact, it is outright--it is just flat out lying about the American farm families."
"I am very concerned about the false narrative from the extreme left, and even Members of Congress that are attacking those farm families that are responsible for our food supply."
"I look forward to working together to write a new farm bill that works for America's producers."
"For them, farming isn't just an occupation. It is their heritage, their livelihood, and a way of life."