Thank you. Mr. President, you tell me where they have worked when it comes to the supply of food. That is the very basic of all of our necessities every day. The Senator from Idaho is exactly right. We have developed export markets by using two methods--it is quality, it is quantity, and it is reliability. We are a reliable customer, and to deny our producers--and you can go all over the world. Our producers compete on an individual basis. We don't pool our wheat like Canada. We don't sell wheat on the international market by a decision made by Government. We do it by individual producers who want to sell their crop at a given time. Given the proper tools of risk management, they could take advantage of the international market. I urge support of this amendment. I thank my friend from Kentucky for championing it.
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Discussing the importance of agricultural exports and support for a related amendment.
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