Our farmers and ranchers have never faced as many problems as they do today with drought, range fires, high gas prices and an ever tightening budget on agriculture subsidies.
Michael McCaul
Related especially with the high cost of energy already an enormous burden for our farmers and ranchers. PAT ROBERTS Texas has been hit especially hard this year by a continuing drought, threatening high winds and inc... MICHAEL MCCAUL We need to make sure the Department of Agriculture is promoting farmers and ranchers. JERRY MORAN This is an exciting time for farmers and ranchers of all types and sizes as agriculture is a bright ... TOM VILSACK If last spring, Clarksville had hedged some of its gas requirements for the winter when prices were ... MARK MCCUTCHEN If last spring Clarksville had hedged some of its gas requirements for the winter when prices were r... MARK MCCUTCHEN calls for dismantling trade barriers and ending agriculture subsidies that hurt small farmers and th... PAUL WOLFOWITZ Normally, you see prices tend to go backwards in a drought with exceeding amounts of cattle hitting ... RONNIE BECK The issues facing the farmers and ranchers today are complex and challenging, ANN VENEMAN Our actions today demonstrate our commitment to high safety standards. New England is facing a winte... JOSEPH KELLIHER Securing farmers' and ranchers' viability is always a top priority for the USDA. We'd need to find b... ED LOYD In the past 40 years, the United States lost more than a million farmers and ranchers. Many of our f... TOM VILSACK I'm pleased that USDA can offer assistance to farmers and ranchers who have sustained losses from Hu... MIKE JOHANNS What I learned from the farmers and ranchers is that it's high-quality soil. KLAUS BIRKEL Record high gas prices are burning holes in peoples; pockets and harming our economy. They are squee... LANE EVANS We have offered a bold proposal on agriculture. It includes the deepest cuts in domestic subsidies a... CHRISTIN BAKER If anything has changed, it's that Americans are now even more reliant on U.S. farmers and ranchers ... AUSTIN PEREZ Even with the high gas prices, people are still traveling on business and vacations. HOBIE CAWOOD Americans pay more for a tank of gas today than they do for two years worth of sugar. And taxpayers ... TERRY JONES Agriculture looks different today - our farmers are using GPS and you can monitor your irrigation sy... DEBBIE STABENOW Do they want to keep it simple and fun or complicated and not so much fun. The lodging business is a... DENNIS JONES The purpose of this meeting is to request participation and invite comments from a broad range of lo... TOM HOLT SBA's disaster declaration was issued as a result of a similar action taken by the Secretary of Agri... FRANK SKAGGS We must support the industry that drives our state's economy. That means being very attentive to the... DAVE HEINEMAN Exporting oil would not drive up prices at the pump. American drivers buy refined products, which th... HAROLD HAMM Certainly whenever the province is getting high royalties as a result of high natural gas prices on ... HUGH MACDONALD Last year was a prosperous year for the group, with strong results underpinned by increased producti... HELGE LUND Clearly, many of our problems could have been avoided if there had been greater commitment to eradic... ANWAR IBRAHIM If you have people depending on agriculture, and there is a drought, you know that they will be in v... MAMADOU BARO The Government need the farmers and the farmers need the Government SOTONYE ANGA Our trading partners need to understand that we will do everything possible to ensure the competitiv... BOB GOODLATTE I know that Nebraska farmers and ranchers will be very happy with this agreement, DAVE HEINEMAN It's clear that there's a concern about very high gas prices. As gas prices started escalating in Ju... DENNIS JACOBE As a grandson of farmers in downstate Illinois, I have long admired the dedication of farmers to the... EDMUND PHELPS UK consumers are tightening their belts as they feel the financial pinch inflicted by rising petrol ... BRIAN MOORE The weather and high natural gas prices have been challenging. However, operating performance contin... DAVID JOOS The wholesale cost of gas on average was up nearly 42 cents per gallon. In some areas as high as 60 ... BILL WALLJASPER It's not just luck. The homeowners, farmers and ranchers are doing what they're supposed to do. CHIEF GARY OGDEN What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust b... STEPHEN R. COVEY Online sales are unlikely to benefit from problems with gas prices, CARRIE JOHNSON When returns drop, farmers start tightening their belts. This flows through the rural economy and wi... DOUG CROMBIE Consumers are very concerned with value given high gas prices, interest-rate increases and high debt... JACKIE FERNANDEZ Climate change is the greatest threat to humanity, perhaps ever. Global temperatures are rising at a... CARY KENNEDY Students with learning disabilities have problems after high school, but many of them get by. Depend... DR. LARRY GILLAM [Fat] Joe owes a lot of money. He's been fucking around with the money, the royalty checks and all o... CUBAN LINK We had quite a few fires start today but with the winds not being as strong as they were, local fire... ANNA PAYNE We're on track to record high gas prices this winter, STEVE REYNOLDS This is too much reality for a Friday. AS GOOD AS IT GETS High gas prices don't benefit (either customers or) us. When gas prices get real high, historically ... DOUG HILL [Farmers, even those outside the disaster zone, are begging for hurricane cash.] It is important to ... BOB STALLMAN Mr. Speaker, high natural gas prices and the summer spike in gasoline prices serve as a stark remind... JUDY BIGGERT We have many challenges to address, and our problems have a significant impact on the nation as a wh... GREG COX With gas prices nationally, and especially in our area, increasingly on the rise, it is more crucial... MARY BONO Can CWT with its current budget, do what it needs to do, what farmers expect it to do, to help bring... CHRIS GALEN Drought and other natural disasters continue to plague many of America's farmers, ... USDA is workin... DAN GLICKMAN You never realise that you have an impact on people's lives. There are so many girls that go thr... CARA DELEVINGNE Wholesale prices for natural gas have been declining ever since December, so we're glad to pass thos... ANGIE TOWNSEND The Farm Bill provides the resources for farmers and rural communities, and has a major effect on Wa... ALEX GLASS Consumers have been understandably frustrated when they see gas prices jump as much as 50 cents a ga... BILL MITCHELL Border protection without a workforce solution would be catastrophic for Ohio agriculture and food p... KARL LOSELY I always pondered why do people change their cars as soon as they have problems with it while they n... MINA TADROS Our problems have grown and our budget has decreased enormously. JUDITH KILDOW I'm trying to get the word out about high gas prices, ... Honk 4 lower gas prices. MIKE HOLT I've handled and managed a balanced budget in agriculture for 40 years, and that's very difficult. Y... CLAY HARRIS After a summer of high demand for fuel, gas prices have reached a level that forces many motorists t... DAVID PARSONS I won't stand for a gas supplier leaning on a local station to hike prices, ... Consumers and busine... ROY COOPER We expect continued high coal and natural gas prices to provide challenges for our generating busine... CANNING FOK are as intense today as they have ever been. JOHN ASHCROFT Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps are the greatest to ever do what they did, and I'm not. But if... JORDAN SPIETH Last year when gas prices reached over $3 a gallon because of Katrina, people stopped driving. It co... ART KINSMAN I admire the work of brilliant actresses such as Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Helen Mirren, who have... CATE BLANCHETT The reason that we were really interested in that is obviously because of the regulations that most ... CODY WRIGHT The situation is quite desperate. It's the hardest drought that has ever faced this country. FARID ABDULKADIR As we have seen with oil and gas, the supply side impairment itself automatically puts upward pressu... ANTHONY SANTOMERO Our farmers are the backbone of our agriculture, let us celebrate them SOTONYE ANGA It's a nightmare fighting a fire in a high-rise. We have enough problems with fires from generators ... ERIC BAUM Despite the fact that gasoline prices have obviously fallen dramatically from where they peaked afte... AL HUBBARD In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more ... GARY MILLER I'm just like everybody else. I'm tired of paying high gas prices at the pump.
This is a way to g... JEFF HARRIS By increasing the use of renewable fuels such as ethanol and bio-diesel, and providing the Departmen... JOHN SALAZAR With gas prices and maintenance on a car, why bother? PATRICK BURNS We can sit back and watch as our farm policy is disassembled piece by piece, ... or we can begin a d... MIKE JOHANNS This is a unique program that rewards farmers and ranchers who are model conservationists and provid... DAVE WHITE Gas prices are way too high. What I make cutting grass, I turn right around and spend on gas. (Gas) ... MALCOLM SMITH The debate on gas prices has accelerated the end of the life cycle for many old-style SUVs. But the ... JESSE TOPRAK Floods, droughts, and natural disasters are a fact of life for farmers, ranchers, and foresters. The... SONNY PERDUE The gas situation is a concern. But we'll meet our obligations. If the gas prices remain high, as I ... JOE ASHER It's more difficult than ever to liquidate an airline. You have so many lenders of last resort who w... DARRYL JENKINS Lower feed costs. That will be good news for your ranchers and dairy farmers. DON ROOSE Pre-planting prices are a production tool to influence farmers' decisions. But the government has be... LUXON ZEMBE If you look at how oil prices are rising and greenhouse gas emission targets, then only agriculture ... ALAIN JEANROY For you [God] are infinite and never change. In you 'today' never comes to an end: and yet our 'toda... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO When farmers and ranchers are confronted by weather-related disasters that are beyond their control,... BYRON DORGAN our royalties ? could be as high as 10 percent of total system prices. FREDERICK WARREN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES This first year will need to be lean and mean ? we will be on an extremely streamlined budget and wo... ERIK OLSON Even with the (high) gas prices, they're still taking day trips to get away. CONNIE KING Our technical staff have solved many crucial technical problems by attacking technological focal poi... XINHUA NEWS AGENCY As fuel prices remain unstable and our nation's highways and airports suffer ever-increasing congest... JAMES JEFFORDS We are continually faced with great opportunities which are brilliantly disguised as unsolvable prob... MARGARET MEAD
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