05/07/2009
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"I oppose, as many members of this Committee do, the proposal in the President's budget that would cut $8.4 billion from the Crop Insurance Program."
"I was just with a number of farmers at my weekly Minnesota morning meeting, and they are really excited that we are moving ahead with these hearings."
"crop insurance really helps you to mitigate the risk when you have--with the weather volatility, market volatility, whatever there is"
"Senator Grassley and I are both in favor of that, and I know that Justice Kagan, when she testified at her confirmation hearing, was in favor of that on the Supreme Court level."