I've had lengthy discussions with European farm leaders. It is clear they have an agricultural strategy to support their producers and gain dominance in world agricultural trade. They're gaining markets the old-fashioned way - they're buying them. — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
Negotiating sugar trade in bilateral free trade agreements is a recipe for disaster for the U.S. sugar industry, and it is unnecessary. — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
The reality is no one knows how much it will cost us to wage war with Iraq. — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
Highway spending, which I think most everybody says is badly needed in this country, creates American jobs, and also makes America more competitive. — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
Reducing our dependence on foreign energy - that is critically important to America's economic future. Excellence in education - if we're not the best… — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
The President is not squaring with the American people as to the seriousness of our nation's fiscal condition. It is time for people to… — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
The American people say, 'Don't touch Social Security, don't touch Medicare, don't cut defense.' That's 84 percent of the federal budget. — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
I've had lengthy discussions with European farm leaders. It is clear they have an agricultural strategy to support their producers and gain dominance in… — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
Anybody who has stood on the prairie in North Dakota has felt the force of the wind and knows that our state has an… — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
Access to computers and the Internet has become a basic need for education in our society. — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
We've got to have major health care reform because that is the 800-pound gorilla. That is the thing that can swamp the boat fiscally… — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
Reconciliation cannot be used to pass comprehensive health care reform. It won't work because it was never designed for that kind of significant legislation;… — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
When you're borrowing 40 cents of every dollar that you spend, that can't continue much longer. I think everybody really does understand that, and… — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
