Jeff Flake Quotes

In the Illinois State Capitol, in Springfield, farmer-legislators write the agriculture laws.

I am committed to strengthening our agricultural economy by protecting the unique interests of small and medium size family farms so that they can continue to operate.

The agricultural interest of the country is connected with every other, and superior in importance to them all.

Never in my life would I have expected USDA to be opposed to farmers and ranchers.

If we make it national policy that we will support small farmers the way we support agribusiness, we'll suddenly see it change in terms of the cost of organic food.

I am a Virginian, so naturally I am a politician.

The only way to keep food prices down is to keep them [farmers] down on the farm after they've seen the parity.

The slogan that agriculture is the backbone of the nation still remains in theory and not in practice.

Keeping our agricultural sector strong and secure should be a bipartisan concern.

If you fill your Agriculture Committee with representatives of commodity farmers, and you don't have urbanites, you don't represent eaters, okay? You don't have people from New York City on these committees, you are going to end up with the kind of farm bills we have: a piece of special interest legislation.

It was in the best interests of Zavala and other counties that we move forward with a farm bill and provide certainty to ranchers, farmers, food banks, and other providers.

The Congress party is insignificant in our state.

The rural nature of our district relies heavily on the profitability of our family farms.

As a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee it has been important to me to intersect with Hoosier farmers as often as possible.

The BJP would create a big impact in Tamil Nadu.

A farm bill in Washington State is a jobs bill.

It's critically important for Europe to have a different way to think about the role of agriculture in society and the economy here.

As I've long said, the farm bill is in need of major reform. At first chance, I voted to remove direct payments. Both the House and the Senate passed bills that end direct payments, and as we move forward, I hope we can work out the rest of the issues to implement the necessary reforms.

Do we need farm program reform? Absolutely.

Be not surprised that I am turned politician. The whole town is immersed in politics.

State legislatures tend to be dominated by suburban and rural interests.

We don't pay truckers not to truck, we don't pay miners not to mine and we shouldn't pay farmers not to farm.

I’d say that my relationship with the Governor is about as good as that of anybody else in Sacramento.

The only thing I'd like to see hi [Jimmy Carter] do when he gets to the White House is appoint a working farmer as secretary of agriculture, that's all.

I pledge that I will be the best Secretary of Agriculture that this country has ever had.