03/03/2015
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"I think we share with all the witnesses, and really all of us on this Committee and in the Senate, that we realize how important our Nation's farmers and ranchers are, and we don't want to overburden ..."
"I think sometimes the misconception that our farmers want to be in opposition of environmental stewardship is just a misplaced concept."
"I think that ultimately, if those tools are going to be used, we need to make sure that we ensure that private property rights and privacy are taken into account."
"It just struck me that the EPA, we found out later, had rented a small aircraft to surveil the small farms in the eastern portion of our States."