So [Republicans] packed all the Democrats into districts, very Democratic districts. What that's done is made our party urban, more liberal, and so those people are doing what their constituents want. But that's not what my constituents want.

NAFTA's been a big problem for sugar.

When it [NAFTA] was sold, we were supposed to get two or three times more exports to Canada or Mexico than they exported to us. It's been the exact opposite.

[People] don't like the government telling them what to do or telling them how to live their lives.

You can't have a majority party in Minnesota or throughout the country without [support from] the people in these [rural] districts. Given the position [the Democratic Party] has taken, it's very hard to see how you can do that.

The use of methamphetamines has become pervasive in our country, and especially in rural areas.

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