Tina Smith actually said...

"Cattle producers in Minnesota tell me that they feel squeezed by this marketplace."

"It is very capital intensive, and it is very difficult for those without capital to figure out a way to participate."

"This imbalance in the market is exactly why Senator Rounds and I led a bipartisan and bicameral letter asking Attorney General Garland to investigate these anticompetitive practices in the marketplace..."

"I think that we do have a market concentration problem, and certainly the experiences of Minnesota calf producers, cow producers, cow-calf operations really bear that out."