the clean electricity standard, one in three Americans live in a place where there is some sort of clean energy standard or renewable standards. So, this is a practical policy but it’s also a progressive and powerful policy for getting our…

if you’re not adding clean electricity to your grid, there should be a penalty too.

Meanwhile, consumers are paying more and more for beef while the big processors... are seeing soaring profits.

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.

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

The lack of transparency and competition means that cattle producers are making pennies on the dollar, in some cases.

We need to evaluate all of the options on the table. All are going to be needed to deliver against our important progressive climate goals.

I also want to thank Senator Ernst for your partnership in planning the hearing today.

It seems to me that our strategy should be to sync up our renewable fuels efforts and the efforts to electrify transportation to maximize the job opportunities that we want to see in rural communities, as well as maximizing our goals…

the importance of listening to local leaders and following local leadership in all ways.