Heidi Heitkamp: “The frustration that I have is that we come here and we are picking around the edges and getting distracted without…”

Let's not just try and think about those past inequities and how we fixed those problems. Let's think about how we can move forward to make farming opportunities available to everyone.

Farmers don't want to be paperwork people. They want to get out and farm.

Oh, I think it`s absolutely self-preservation. They see the handwriting on the wall that in the annals of history, this is not going to look well.

I am just urging you all not to reduce local staff.