"I know Iowans and Americans do deserve transparency and accountability for all of your Department's actions."
"You are pointing the finger at Congress to fix the very decisions that the administration has made..."
"you and the Biden administration over the past few years have reversed the secure policies that were working"
"I think that any radical activist pushing an agenda like this that have never stepped foot on their family farms should come visit a farm in Iowa."
"I encourage the Committee to improve the USDA's existing slate of conservation programs to really address the current needs of American agriculture."
"I look forward to continuing to work with the Committee to build consensus around a durable and bipartisan solution to protect our family farmers from damaging and arbitrary mandates like Prop 12."
"Congress can support American farmers in their work to feed and fuel the world."
"This, to me, is a direct attack, direct attack on our producers."
"The Prop 12 ruling, I would say, it--was a poor opinion, in my opinion, simply my opinion, allowing a single state to impose rules on the rest of America."
"I am extremely concerned about the number of known terrorists and criminals who have come across our southern border as a result of the weakness."
"So we can't let this happen, right? I mean, this is a vulnerability for the safety and security of our country, is it not?"