mr. vanderwal. i'm going to call you scott because it seems weird to call you mr. vanderwal when i know you so well. here's what's frustrating for me. because i look at the reason that this is a crisis right now is because we've gone through four or five years of really low commodity prices. and if we had perfect trade agreements and our ag products were able to get into every market across the globe and we were treated fairly, we probably wouldn't have had as low of markets? president trump correctly identified we needed to fight for better trade agreements. would you agree with that? >> mr. chairman, yes, i would agree with that. i think we've kind of been beat out historically in some of these trade agreements. and admittedly, there are higher tariffs on our products going the other way than they are coming this way. >> exactly. i agree wholeheartedly. that's why this coming at this time creates such a crisis. we've been living with unfair trade agreements. we've been paying the price and our farmers and ranchers have been dealing with that when previous administ

mr. vanderwal. i look at the reason this is a crisis right now is we've gone through four or five years of really low commodity prices. if we have perfect tried agreements and our ag products got into every market across the globe and we were treated fairly, we probably wouldn't have had as low of markets the last four or five years. am i correct? president trump correctly identified we needed to fight for better trade grooms, would you agree with that? >> better trade agreements -- >> i agree with that. we've westbound beat out historically in trade agreements -- we've been beat out -- there are higher tariffs coming this way. >> i agree whole heartedly. we've been living with unfair trade agreements. we've been paying the price, and our farmers and ranchers have been dealing with that when previous mayings did not fight for the american farmer. this president is fighting for him and china knew directly where we were the most vulnerable. they came after our farmer and the ranchers. it gets me upset