Bill Gates comes up to the Hill not just to testify, but to visit his senators, Slade Gorton [R-Wash.] and Patty Murray [D-Wash.], or other key senators.

We had 16 teams that went up on Capitol Hill to visit senators. We also had senators that came and spoke to us.

We're pretty confident we'd get a site visit.

Find a way to make up with some of the senators who opposed him, because senators hold the purse strings

We're putting that data together to go to the Hill to show congressmen and senators exactly what is happening on individual farms. What they want to do is show how these energy costs are hitting the bottom line.

The Senate and the country need Senators of courage who are prepared to make their mark on history by standing with past profiles in courage, and defending not party, not partisanship, but defending principle and democracy itself.