"Cuts or drastic changes to eligibility requirements for these programs are not felt equally across all commodities."
"I do not think is well run in Washington, and there is certainly a long list of those."
"Well, last night in anticipation of this hearing I looked up the nearest I could find as to what a cotton harvester would cost a farmer. And it would cost roughly $600,000 to buy a new cotton harveste..."
"Farm incomes are historically volatile, they fluctuate widely and often unpredictable and quite frankly are as fickle as the weather."
"If we as a nation want to remain the leader of the world in producing high quality, high volume food and fiber at stable prices, then we must not balance the budget on the backs of those farmers and p..."
"What I can say is from my own experience with the bankers is that the first question that I always got asked when I went in to get our line of credit for our farm of the year is have you been to FSA a..."
"Congress, working together with USDA, that can help give the bankers some confidence in making those loans."
"Are the children of the minority race being denied an equal educational opportunity in violation of their civil rights?"
"Is that fair? Is that proportionate to the situation?"
"If there is one thing that I hope you will take from this hearing this morning, it is that a delay in the implementation of this rule is definitely in order."
"With all due respect, Governor, would you consider a delay in this in view of the points that we have made this morning?"