Joni Ernst actually said...

"I appreciate that, and thank you. I think it is important that we have support to some of these smaller, again, farmer-owned, operated facilities."

"We have heard a lot about how the Administration really wants to support rural America, but bottom line, we are not seeing a lot of action so far."

"I want to start my questions off by addressing the issues from the last Congress, and where so many of us got really concerned with some of the loans that were made."

"A critical component of this Committee's work is to establish policies that promote rather than discourage entrepreneurship in this country."