It affects jobs. Tyson employs 41,000 people. USDA estimates there are a million jobs associated with agricultural exports in this country.
This is an issue that just really needs our focus. It is a huge drain on the economy.
A reliable and efficient supply chain is critical to our global competitiveness and to our economy, and the ports are an absolute vital link...
We just cannot continue to keep this going on and not expect that it is going to have some very, very detrimental and adverse impacts on a w...
Having an efficient transportation system is really one of the keys to our advantage, our competitive advantage in the global economy.
This is a different time. I think this is a different place probably than it was back then.
If it is to break up family farms, obviously, it is going to have that effect.
this is just a very punitive tax on family farms and small businesses.
I am particularly concerned about the administration's proposal to raise the capital gains tax and apply the tax when an asset is transferre...
you have a triple shot. You have an increase in the rate, you have a change in the time of realization, and you do away with stepped-up basi...
this just seems like a really strange proposal, particularly if you represent a constituency like I do in a farm-based part of the country.