"A big reason our producers succeed in an industry that relies on uncontrollable forces..."
"we give the Americans the most abundant, safe and affordable food on this Earth."
"We are extremely concerned about the direction taken by the Commodity Trading Futures Commission (``CFTC'') in its proposed rules with respect to bona fide hedging."
"We believe the proposed regulations are unnecessarily narrow, impose onerous reporting obligations on commercial market participants, and lack the flexibility necessary to ensure that the legitimate h..."
"The state of the U.S. farm economy is strong."
"I do believe the Secretary has agriculture's best interests at heart, and I want to work with him to be an advocate for farmers and ranchers both inside the Administration and here in Congress."
"The bottom line is Washington is being met with a critical choice that will have major consequences down the road: We can promote the one piece of good news out there today, or we can pour cold water ..."
"Fortunately, promoting American agriculture is simple."
"I look forward to hearing the testimony of Secretary Vilsack and the views of my colleagues on the state of the farm economy and on the direction of Federal farm policies that could make or break it."
"I want to express my appreciation to first and foremost of course to both Chairmen and both Ranking Members of the two Subcommittees for holding this hearing."
"This hearing of the Committee on Agriculture to review the implementation of Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act will come to order."
"I believe the same principles should be applied as we exercise our oversight responsibilities on implementation of Dodd-Frank."