Get parity first. Right, with the goal of freer markets eventually. The second thing I will say and more on the USDA side is food security is national security. We have already lost tens of thousands of family farms in the last decade. If we continue on that trajectory, America will not be able to feed ourself. And the minute you become unable to feed yourself is the minute you lose all power on the world stage. (33:20–33:26)
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