"I want to thank my colleagues for coming."
"In 2017, under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, we dramatically reduced taxes. And you know what happened? It grew our economy and we brought in record number of revenue."
"There is a lot of tax inequity. One specific one is the death tax, estate tax."
"I have 170-some Members that have signed on to my bill to rid of the death tax. It is a pilfer tax."
"It would just be a killer, absolutely. And all of a sudden, that next generation is lost."
"We need to use domestic feedstock. We can't use stock from around the world."
"This legislation will help to lower lending costs for farmers, ranchers, and rural communities."
"By removing this taxation, banks will be able to lower their interest rates, which helps to lower costs for borrowers."
"I represent the second largest ag district in the country, predominantly corn, soybeans, cattle, hogs, dairy, eggs, turkeys, you name it, we have it all."
"We have a beginning farmer and the next generation of trying to take over, but it is problematic."
"I created a bill that is in the farm bill to try to lower that cost."
"I worked on the ACRE Act of 2023 (H.R. 3139, Access to Credit for our Rural Economy Act of 2023) or actually I am the writer, the author of the ACRE Act."