Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we are here to talk about agriculture. We are here to talk about those great farmers and ranchers who feed this country and feed the world. You know, when we talk about good farm policy, we are talking about something that benefits every single American every single day because our farmers and ranchers produce the highest quality, lowest cost food supply in the history of the world that benefits every single American every single day. That is just how important it is. How could we be reminded even more so right now than during this COVID pandemic of that abundant, safe, wonderful food supply that we have every day thanks to our farmers and ranchers, and there is so much that goes into it. As the Presiding Officer well knows, with Nebraska as his State and its being a big part of the incredible ag production in this country-- as a matter of fact, there could be a little rivalry here with his contiguous State to the north in terms of cattle production or something like that--this is something that touches everybody every day and is so important. It is not just those farmers and ranchers who produce that food every day; it is the whole supply chain that has to work. Remember, that food supply has to be safe every day, not only tasty and affordable and abundant, and that is what we are talking about.…”