David Scott: “This has been a very, very important hearing, and a very essential one. But I do hope a message has gone out from us…”

The regulatory impact on those hardworking families who provide us food and fiber, building materials, energy resources, I mean, it is a tax.

I would say that we would appreciate a strong safety net or a stronger safety net.

It is clear that we need to come together, Republicans and Democrats, on a farm bill that strengthens the farm safety net, and we are going to do it together.

My feeling is Speaker Johnson will not bring this bill to the floor for a vote because it was not written as a serious bill.