I think it is a game changer.

They already know that, OK? So maybe they just do not like what they are hearing.

why do we have to replace good farm jobs with rail jobs? Why do we not have both?

Our current relationship is it is the best it has ever been, OK?

the ball is in the high-speed rail's court now, and I am hoping that they do not fumble it.

I hope that it results in some actual routes that reflect the community's wishes and is compatible with our infrastructure.

Senator John McCain crossed into Syria today to meet with rebel leaders.

the risks of drilling in this sensitive region outweigh the benefits.

Approving a new project here, a brand new project, I don't think would be the right thing to do.

When people travel, the foreign travelers stay longer than domestic travelers. They spend more, and when they leave, they almost always like us a whole lot better than they did when they came.

These have been good times for agriculture, but also challenging times for agriculture.

This is a problem that many members of the Senate want to work with you to help solve.

I think that this important Department needs somebody who is confirmed, and in charge, and ready to take hold.

Every time we make rules and regulations that are either impossible to comply with or you do have to comply and it's too expensive, the poorest customers are the customers that are most dramatically impacted by this.

I think where you have trading partners that change the rules after things have been shipped and then wouldn't even let this be shipped back--it was there and it sat there until it lost value--is a problem.

Mr. O'Brien, on the rural housing rental assistance, what are you doing with that under the current budget?

Rural development makes a real difference in the rural communities.

I think this is a big mistake for these cooperatives.