Worked on this bill, it is our good pieces of legislation. they are counted in a bipartisan way. the meetings that i have been in with senators grassley and senators fisher and senators widen, they have stepped up to the plate. you wouldn t know one of those democrat, one of them is a republican. they are concerned about this issue. they are looking at it from a rural perspective and consumer standpoint, and they re saying this is the right thing to do. it has been a pleasure to work with those folks. it s in the committee now. chairman stabenow did a great job in the hearing we had a couple days ago. and we re going to get this out of committee, we re going to get it to the senate floor, and hopefully we re gonna get it passed, because it s the right thing to do. rural america is important in this country. if we have the kind of leadership we need, and we ve seen good leadership out of the president as you pointed out with that editorial, but the bottom line is if we do nothing? we re
Telling you, democracies don t work unless you ve got a fence society. they are very important politically. is this a lonely subject for you in the senate, what fascinates me about it is this is a subject if phrased correctly, that affects everyone. we re talking about the food chain, people. i don t care where you live in this country, you re going to care about where that s coming from, how much it costs and how much it cost to get it into that store in brooklyn or that store in santa monica or anywhere in between. absolutely. there s a bumper sticker that says if you eat, you are involved in agriculture. i can tell you that as a fact. in this particular case, this is a bipartisan bill. chuck grassley, wind, water and myself have. worked on this bill, it is our good pieces of legislation. they are counted in a bipartisan way. the meetings that i have been in with senators grassley and senators fisher and senators