Jim Hagedorn: “As a member of Congress, I think our goal is to make sure everybody gets treated equally.”

I am somebody who has been a pretty strong supporter of employee-owned businesses and co-ops.

It is going to drive up cost and it is going to make it less reliable.

It is these big things that sometimes government can really screw up and hurt you on--taxes, regulations, energy, trade, and equipment.

Rural America needs this, and I always say that without a robust rural economy, all people, including those in the cities, are going to wake up in the cold, dark and hungry.