There is an enormous pressure on you to be, quote, 'efficient.' That gets translated into being big.

I believe it does. These renewable natural gas digesters are fantastic technology.

In Vermont, dairy has been our backbone in terms of playing that role historically, and it is under immense pressure.

I want to speak about the looming debt crisis, the fact that within 30 days, there is a real and substantial likelihood that America will do something that America has never done; and that is fail to pay its bills in full and on time…

Farmers, we want to participate in every single sustainability program.

There is an enormous pressure on you to be, quote, 'efficient.' That gets translated into being big.

I believe it does. These renewable natural gas digesters are fantastic technology.

How do we maintain local agriculture, small family agriculture, for the values that it represents?

There is an enormous pressure on you to be, quote, 'efficient.' That gets translated into being big.

How do we maintain local agriculture, small family agriculture, for the values that it represents?

the definition of a small farm is changing. It is not 75 cows anymore. It is 500 to 800.

there is a great deal of concern about climate issues, and I think, on this Committee, a real desire to find ways to make it possible for the agricultural community to make the significant contribution of reducing carbon emission.

We have an enormous appreciation for small local agriculture because it does so much for the people who live in that area.

In the Bruen decision, the United States Supreme Court came up with a framework of analysis, so-called 'historical analysis.'

We have a corrupt campaign finance system, yet the Supreme Court, in Citizens United, made an assertion of facts.

The Supreme Court has been making decisions with outcomes that are very contrary to the public interest.

The Supreme Court has been making decisions with outcomes that are very contrary to the public interest.

In the Dobbs decision, the Supreme Court disregarded precedent and stare decisis in order to achieve an outcome.

In the Dobbs decision, the Supreme Court disregarded precedent and stare decisis in order to achieve an outcome.

the United States Supreme Court, in many recent decisions, has, in my view, become a threat to democracy.

A good judge will consider precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court as worthy of treatment like any other.

In the Bruen decision, the United States Supreme Court came up with a framework of analysis, so-called 'historical analysis.'

A good judge will consider precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court as worthy of treatment like any other.

the United States Supreme Court, in many recent decisions, has, in my view, become a threat to democracy.

We have a corrupt campaign finance system, yet the Supreme Court, in Citizens United, made an assertion of facts.