Cindy Axne: “As we all know, climate change is a real existential threat, and the impacts of climate change...don't just affect our…”

Today, consumers are literally paying more for their beef, producers are receiving less for their cattle, and yet your four companies' net incomes have reached record highs.

While Congress cannot protect cattle producers and their businesses from being shunned by packers for testifying, Members of this Committee certainly shouldn't facilitate or allow packers to intimidate witnesses prior to a hearing.

At the very first hearing we held within the Committee in this Congress, we discussed the increased unpredictability and devastating effects that climate change poses.

We have the best stewards of the environment in Iowa because we got a lot of farmers.