Cindy Axne: “To me, this just exemplifies the income inequality across America and it's one that we need to deal with.”

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.

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.

I have talked to businesses that want to expand, but they can't do so because there are not enough houses there.

I have to tell you, it is incredibly frustrating for me and my constituents who feel like they are being put under the thumb of a landlord who is taking advantage of Federal backing and not putting forth the protections that my…