The banks run the place.

Republicans have spent a lot of money redistricting and everything, getting control of these governorships and statehouses.

[Rural voters] have a different view of the world than people do in these urban centers.

There's no question that [Donald] Trump got elected because of rural America. And our party still is in denial. They don't get it.

NAFTA's been a big problem for sugar.

I am personally saddened and stunned by the tragic events that took place in Red Lake.

If everybody in our caucus had a 50/50 [Democrat/Republican] district, we'd have a lot different discussion. But if they have a 90 percent Democratic district, they don't ever talk to a Republican, they don't have to and they don't want to.