we need to be making certain that are other countries are our allies--the European Union, Mexico, and Canada, those who buy grain from us.
I would appeal to you all, while there is some effort to demonstrate--to give cash, I would ask that you all continue the policy that has be...
So we really would appreciate your partnership in helping to take on that specific challenge.
We need to pick our battles, would be a point I would make to you. We need more trade agreements, not less.
I appreciate that very much, because those funds out in the field can do a lot.
Thank you very much. And I really have appreciated the dialogue over the last year on multiple issues.
the agriculture issues that come up, a lot of the programs that are cut in here are the ones that the farmers are raising for me.
That program has a huge impact on our soft power in the world, and also on our moral leadership in the world.
If American manufacturing had the same level of basic research, applied research, and a delivery system like the extension service, we would...
I know that when you come to Oregon, you may not want to leave, because it is paradise.
So I wanted, first, to invite you to come to that agricultural region, so you can firsthand see some of the impacts there...