Patrick Leahy actually said...

"Bad actors have held up Main Street businesses and innovative companies to extort financial settlements."

"Do you share my concerns that a reopening of the Farm Bill as part of budget reconciliation would be devastating to the work your Department has been doing?"

"There are serious price tags attached to these food safety rules, not only for the Federal Government, but also for the states, and for our farmers of all sizes who do not have the infrastructure in p..."

"We cannot expect farmers to make such monumental changes on their farms without technical and financial support."