Leonard L. Boswell

I can't agree with you on this at all. The Denmark study that you mentioned has been refuted by the scientists who really understand this.

As policymakers, we must take a hard look at how our decisions affect human health and our ability to feed ourselves and the world.

Without an ag offset program, America's farmers and ranchers will have no incentive to act on their ability to capture as much as 20 percent of domestic carbon dioxide emissions.

I remain committed to improving our nation's emissions of greenhouse gases, and believe forests... are one of the keys to a successful Federal program.

I am concerned that in our justifiable haste to confront climate change, agriculture and rural communities will be unduly harmed.

To the extent fraudulent activity is taking place and hard-working Americans are getting taken to the cleaners by shysters, we need to find out if Federal regulators have the tools necessary to protect consumers.

We can either decide to do something or leave it alone.

I think there is a solution, and I think I am looking at the people who can put it together.

We must make sure our energy policies are not held hostage by those who are not friends to production agriculture.

What is the point of shifting that dependence when we have a chance to work together and develop this next generation and keep moving?

We can make big steps forward in improving the environment and the emissions and all those things, and still reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

It is a threat to our future if we stay in bondage to OPEC.

We must continue to pave the way for second generation biofuels, to create energy diversity, and not limit our home grown feedstocks.

every person in this country has a vested interest in agriculture.

If we want a real solution to climate change then we should focus on incentives, not mandates.

We are all aware of the economic crisis our nation is facing and the effects that crisis is having on businesses across the country; however, oftentimes the agricultural economy is overlooked.

If you are being muzzled or if you can't come up here and tell us what we need to know--I mean, you are an expert.

You can't effectively lead us if we can't have witnesses come and give us their best of their experience.

I hope we get into a real solutions discussion on how we are going to deal with these bottlenecks we have in Chicago.

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