"I don't think it is a radical idea to want a farm bill that supports small- and medium-sized farms, that supports conservation."
"we can support our farmers and hungry families at the same time. This is not an either/or situation."
"My Republican friends complain about the cost of some of these programs. They don't talk about the savings and avoidable healthcare costs that result by investing in these nutrition programs."
"The bottom line is the benefit, let's be honest, is inadequate."
"Your majority has been ineffective, and what you are doing and what you are advocating is highly unpopular."
"They want you to focus on helping struggling families instead to be able to put nutritious food on the table."
"My friends complain about the cost of groceries at the supermarket, and yet they are advocating policies that will make it more difficult for people to be able to afford those groceries."
"Here is the problem. Reference prices help a subset of farmers."
"The hypocrisy of this Administration knows no bounds, and a prime example is your shifting positions on the ideal farm size in less than a decade."
"Every one of us that is not a farmer is not a farmer because we have farmers."
"In the last 8 years, you seem to have forgotten that the small number of producers you now demonize are responsible for 80 percent of the production."
"raiding programs that invest in high-demand conservation and nutrition initiatives like SNAP do not achieve a bipartisan farm bill, but instead they hurt the people who are struggling today."