Patrick Leahy actually said...

"We know how important the Department of Agriculture is in supporting our Nation's farmers, our rural communities, our hungry and malnourished families here and abroad, forest lands, consumers."

"I would ask you to support finding a way to include dairy farms, which require year-round labor."

"We have to address what is happening in climate change, the nearly doubling of acres burned in western fires over the last 30 years."

"The contributions of our National Guard are critical to the nation's defense both at home, and abroad."