Foreign Policy
China and N. Korea
February 27 2019
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Priority government issues of the day would have to be trade negotiations with China and President Trump’s meeting with N. Korea leader Kim Jong-un.
Our Ag industry has been hurt…
Trump-Putin Summit
July 18 2018
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President Trump has dominated all the press headlines in recent days. He met with NATO leaders and criticized them for not doing their share to pay for European defense. He is right,…
Tariffs
March 8 2018
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Just when I was so comfortable with President Trump’s follow through with so many of his campaign promises - Conservative judges, tax reform, cuts in regulations, and securing our…
Sanctions on Russia
August 3 2017
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The U.S. Congress can’t agree on anything. However, they did agree to impose new sanctions on Russia. The vote was almost unanimous. The action is punishment for the Russian cyber intrusions into last year’s…
The President Goes to Cuba
March 17 2016
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President Obama is going to Cuba next week. A little over a year ago, he established diplomatic relations with that island country ninety miles from Florida. Credit the President for bringing to an end a 50-year…
Repeal COOL
December 10 2015
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The World Trade Organization ruled this week that Canada and Mexico can impose retaliatory tariffs on our exports to their countries to the tune of more than 1 billion dollars per year. This is serious. It can cost pork producers, cattlemen,…
European Trade Deal
November 12 2015
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The Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement is sitting in Congress now. It was not an easy process to get the deal this far. If we can find the votes to pass it, it will be a big win for the American farmer.
Now, on the Atlantic…
The TPP
October 9 2015
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After six years of negotiations with 11 Pacific Rim nations, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement has been approved. Regulations will be harmonized and tariffs reduced. Trade will expand between the countries. The…
This and That, September 17
September 18 2015
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I was in Germany, Austria, and Hungary just two months ago on our Danube River cruise. It was clam and peaceful. Not today. Thousands of refugees are streaming across the borders to escape the wars in the Middle East. Syria was a…
River Ride
July 24 2015
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Over the last 2 weeks, my wife, daughter, and I were on a river cruise on the Danube River. The Danube flows along 10 countries from Germany to the Black Sea. We flew into Prague, Czech Republic – a gorgeous old city. Next morning,…