I like to look at this as an economic issue because, fundamentally, that is what this is, economic interests and what is in the best economic interests of our American agriculture ...
I just want to congratulate you on, again, pulling together a very timely, and it is a very, very important issue.
We want that to have an opportunity to get into Cuba. We are less than 600 miles from Cuba.
It caused me great alarm.
I certainly applaud the CFTC's overarching efforts to bring the futures markets' regulatory regime into the 21st century.
This is, in my opinion, a very dangerous bill and it could very well place our economy in a very dangerous situation.
the issue becomes can we get any indication from you all as to which way we should go here in Congress to get a more even playing field to t...
we have to tackle this issue of getting a new generation of beginning farmers out there.
we have a national security crisis right in this country, and that is the average age of our farmers now at 60 years of age.
We have to look at our economy and point out areas where we can get African-American young men into the wheel to learn these skills.
What is so frustrating to me is that you are in the position to say something, to do something. This is intolerable.