I hope we can expedite that, and I hope we can be of help to you.

The Department of Labor actually proposed new regulations for how our young people can work and learn about agriculture, and there is not anybody on this Committee or anybody in this room that does not care or have the utmost concern for…

There seems to be this myth floating around that if we just eliminate the direct payments, conservation compliance mysteriously disappears as well.

I especially liked your comment on different pathways. Everybody does not have to be on the farm.

Federal crop insurance is paramount to the success and longevity of our farm.

I have not had a single farmer tell me that they prefer a disaster program to crop insurance.

That budget proposal cut the premium assistance to farmers and ranchers, and that is right out of the producers' pocket.

I think, bottom line, we both know that if we do not work together in a bipartisan way, we may not get the best possible bill but the best bill possible.

Thank you for being so proactive in tackling all the challenges we face.

I am not sure the lender really appreciates that.

We are hoping that Mother Nature will be kinder to us.

the idea that the administration would ask for nothing and use as an explanation that we really need more money than Congress has appropriated to date is self-defeating.