U.S. agriculture policy has far-reaching implications for our producers and our state economy, ... and these listening sessions will provide an important opportunity for farmers, ranchers and all Nebraskans to weigh-in on the issues that directly affect them.
I want to emphasize that I am not opposed to pipelines. We already have hundreds of them in our state. I am opposed to the proposed Keystone XL Pipeline route because it is directly over the Ogallala Aquifer.