Byron Dorgan: “Our family farmers--many of whom got hurt badly with the devastating droughts and some of whom have been hurt by floods…”

“Our family farmers--many of whom got hurt badly with the devastating droughts and some of whom have been hurt by floods and so on--as I said yesterday are the economic all-stars of this country. They get up in the morning and do chores. They take showers afterwards--not before. They risk everything they have, hoping their crops will grow. They produce foodstuff for a hungry world. They are the economic all-stars in this country. But let me point out that in this morning's newspaper the U.S. Department of Agriculture has said they are going to eliminate "hunger"--actually eliminate the word "hungry." The U.S. Government has vowed that Americans will never be hungry again, but they may experience "very low food security."”