Agriculture Quote by Will Rogers

“How did the Farm Bill achieve overwhelming support from Congress in the face of such widespread calls for reform?...In exchange for leaving support for…

— Pietra Rivoli

The Farm Bill is one of the only bills that provides substantial deficit reduction that passed the Senate this year. It only makes sense…

— Debbie Stabenow

Coolidge has the best idea on this farm relief. He said, 'Farmers, you are in a hole. I can't help you, but I will…

— Will Rogers

Coolidge really hated government being in the power business. He thought it was wrong. He saw the potential for growth in the power business.…

— Amity Shlaes

Coolidge thought budgets were virtuous. He had his econ straight. He didn't just cut taxes, he also cut the budget.

— Amity Shlaes

Congress had the opportunity to extend tax relief to working families without increasing the deficit. Instead, we were handed a bill that favors the…

— Rick Larsen

I voted with most of my colleagues in the U.S. House to reject a farm bill that would have cut $20 billion from the…

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

Coolidge was a pragmatist. He didn't start out with a tax theory. But he observed over time that lower tax rates sometimes brought in…

— Amity Shlaes

Congress did not pass last year's 2006 budget proposals. The 2007 budget proposals are very similar, and once again unfairly target agriculture. I expect…

— Saxby Chambliss

Senator [Tom] Cotton and his fellow lawmakers are back in D.C. and Republicans are split, they are divided about what to do with the…

— Rachel Maddow

“It’s a strange thing. This is only thirty-five years ago—Roosevelt, Wallace. We have a new generation in business today. Successful. It’s surprising how quickly…

— Studs Terkel

I served on the budget committee in the Senate, and I remember as vividly as if it were yesterday when we had a hearing…

— Hillary Clinton