Reducing dependence on foreign oil is an incredibly important.
We need American, home grown, energy.
We need to work on that, Senator Roberts. We need to figure that one out.
I think what is important that has come from today, one of the messages is that we have put in place a way to be able to create competition ...
We can help do that by purchasing with the Federal Government. We can do that with the $7,500 credit.
I fought to ensure that the bill preserved the ability of American farmers, co-ops, manufacturers, utilities, and businesses to use derivati...
Last year, Congress passed the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to address the abuses in these markets.
Even though the number of farmers are in decline, agriculture has had a tremendous impact on the overall economy.
Sixteen million jobs, that is the estimate of the total number of Americans who have a jobs because of American agriculture.
Agriculture presents more than 70 billion dollars for our economy each year and represents one out of four jobs in Michigan.
16 million jobs come from American agriculture and we look forward to working with you to make sure that our farmers have every opportunity ...