"This Administration's habit of starting unilateral trade wars is putting America's farmers at risk, including the soybean growers in my district who have seen the China market dry up as a result of the President's 'shoot first, aim later' approach to negotiations."
"I know none of you probably think of New Jersey as an agricultural hub, but here are a number of metrics..."
"I believe it is necessary to provide the appropriate levels of funding and resources to ensure the needs of organic producers are being met for the future."
"I certainly hope the next time we have one of these hearings that the Secretary is here, or that you even bring a team here, because these are complex questions that really require complex and thoroug..."
"Attempts at working with the staff--evidently, from people that I talk to--have been stalled."
"I just hoped you had some inside info."
"Of course. I agree."
"I want your opinion. Do you think at this point, from what you hear from the people you speak to; because, you are going to have to be ready."
"But actually, I have the most rural part of the state, and my district makes up, geographically, 40 percent of the state, so I have almost half of the state."
"And I think you are right, and the world has changed. Whether we like it, whether we don't like it, it is the reality, and those of us in government have a responsibility to make sure that everybody d..."
"The testimony we have heard today is important, and it is important, believe it or not, in New Jersey."