117th Congress

I'm the 6th generation in my family to farm. My son is the 7th generation. I hope one day my grandchildren will be the 8th, but, with each passing day, the dream of passing this way of life on to the next generation seems to get more and more difficult.

I was always taught you ought to leave something better than you found it. It seems some folks in Washington didn’t get the same lesson when it comes to the United States Postal Service.

Pretty much all of us depend on the Postal Service every single day—to deliver just about anything you can imagine under the sun. It’s an absolute lifeline for folks, and it’s been that way from day one.

On Tuesday, the New York Times released what they called an “opinion video” entitled “Meet the People Getting Paid to Kill Our Planet: American agriculture is ravaging the air, soil and water.” I pressed play—so you didn’t have to. What followed was 15 minutes of distortions, misrepresentations, and lies about farmers and American agriculture—about what you’d expect from such a liberal rag.

I don’t have enough room in this short email to bust every myth peddled in their propaganda, but I did want to take a second to address a few of the most dangerous and misleading lies.

When rising prices were cutting into Americans' paychecks, we were told inflation was "transitory." It wouldn't last. If we just ignored the problem, it would go away on its own. That didn't happen.

When gas prices shot through the roof, we were told selling off part of the strategic petroleum reserve would solve the problem. That didn't happen.

Then, when the supply chain crisis clogged our ports, delayed shipments, and drove prices even higher, we were told the President would solve the problem. That didn't happen.