John Thune actually said...

"My view is that Congress and the Administration should be helping farmers and ranchers compete in a global marketplace and not hamstringing their everyday production decisions."

"I would hope that this Committee would work toward making a change because that, to me, is not something that ought to be a part of any equation or calculation of the carbon footprint of renewable ene..."

"It seems to me at least that the government is being viewed more and more to folks in production agriculture as almost an adversary as opposed to an ally."

"There is a different definition in the Farm Bill, however, than exists in the Energy Bill which many of us have tried to rectify."