I do believe that this is one of the pieces of legislation that may be the most detrimental, damaging things that we could do to agriculture, to farmers and ranchers, to small busi...
This is a huge tax increase. It is a tax increase so large that it could pay for the commodity title of the 2008 Farm Bill 24 times over.
this legislation could be one of the most detrimental policy changes we will consider this Congress.
Mr. Secretary, welcome to the Agriculture Committee. When we first met in this room back in January, I invited you to Kansas, and I would ag...
this means a huge tax increase.
midwestern states would bear the brunt of the economic blow.
My question is, what are the amounts of money that farmers are going to pay additionally under this legislation that we need to then worry a...
Our frustration here is, while you continue to express the belief that we will work our way through this magic legislative process...
This is a serious issue for us, and I am delighted that Mr. Peterson has called this hearing.
H.R. 2454 is a cap-and-tax bill.
I am interested in knowing whether USDA has completed, even in preliminary form, any assessment of the additional costs to farmers for ferti...