Political Quotes

American farmers need large markets to export their products, and when those markets are lost, who does it harm? Our farmers, and then the American people.

This would have drastic impacts on American agricultural production, it would increase costs for consumers, and would almost certainly lead to devastating retaliatory tariffs placed on the U.S. agriculture exports.

Food makes the Agriculture Committee the most powerful Committee up here in Congress because you can do without a lot of things, but the one thing we cannot do without is food.

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.