"The time is now. So I urge everyone to come to the table with your ideas and desires."
"I would like to thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony to the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry on the current dairy crisis in the State of Vermont and some p..."
"The economic situation in this iconic American industry is dire, and it must be addressed quickly."
"I strongly fear if we don't do something, we are going to have a mass liquidation and we won't have enough milk."
"If we increase the support price, somebody has to buy that product and that ends up being the government, and I don't think that is going to work in the long run."
"If we had all of the people in dairy and those people who represent dairy come in to give testimony about the problems they are having, we wouldn't have time for much else that is going on here in Con..."
"My suggestion is that when there is an offer at the support price, the CCC should automatically buy it."
"I am suggesting they would have a standard bid. It would be the support price."
"I think if you had one order, you would have not all these other issues about orders, shipping, and all the other requirements."
"The U.S. dairy industry has been supported forever basically. It has been a very good floor and safety net for years and years and years."
"I think the concept has a lot of merit. It is a supply management program."