Wes Watkins: “American agriculture is at a crossroads and if we continue to ignore it, farm life as we know it will become extinct.”

I am going home this year, after 20 years of service in this body; 14 years I served on the Democrat side and 6 years now on the Republican side. And let me say that during those 20 years I probably sponsored or cosponsored the elimination…

this may sound very unusual, but as a dean of the Oklahoma delegation but the newest member of the Republican Party, it gives me great privilege on behalf of our entire Oklahoma delegation, including our two Senators who have come over and…

Many people, including a large portion of the Congress, believe agriculture should be the number one priority for our negotiating team.

I urge all of my colleagues to lend their support to this legislation by cosponsoring this important and timely legislation.