John Thune actually said...

"Should end users who are hedging financial risk be given an exemption?"

"If there is a farmers co-op out there that poses a systemic risk to the economy, I have not bumped into it yet."

"The economy should be roaring back by now, but instead it's still struggling, and the unemployment rate is 9.1 percent."

"I also am concerned about the perception that a lot of people have that the entire agriculture budget goes into production agriculture."