"I am proud of our President who has put the overarching philosophy on his decision-making of America first."
"It is life and death for my region, and that is our cotton producers. West Texas and agriculture is life, it is our identity, but cotton is king."
"I am just asking you and pleading with you, Mr. Secretary, move with the speed of the crisis and the sense of urgency that our producers, our economy, cotton ginners, farm implement dealers, ag lender..."
"I hope it is working with you to find relief for our cotton farmers, and equity in the treatment of cotton as a commodity relative to the others."
"this is the biggest threat to the future of our country."
"I hope our class, especially, we invigorate the body here with the political courage to do something about it."
"you can't manage what you can't measure."
"I would feel more honest with the taxpayers if we redefined your position and made you apply for a full-time union advocate position than to do what we are doing here."
"We want to make sure... that there is a responsible and effective safety net."
"I think that our dairy producers support legal immigration, and they want to stop illegal immigration, like most Americans."
"Cotton is king. Cotton is life. And we are in a real crisis. It is a real disaster, and if we let it continue much longer, it will fundamentally alter our economic landscape."
"Please help us get cotton back as a title I covered commodity. It is the only commodity that is not in the farm bill, and we are sucking air."