This needs to be a collaborative effort.
It is like saying we are going to fix problems with youth challenges simply with the housing program and ignoring educat...
regulatory reform is a big part of what I am trying to do.
we need a little common sense in all of this and we are working to try and make it happen.
this seemingly adversarial relationship that should not exist, because we all have the same goal.
we want clean water and clean air and safety when it comes to building homes, et cetera, but, you know, let us get there...
the most despair economically in this country is in rural America.
But my concern is what we are seeing really out of the White House and out of the budget does not seem to be pro rural o...
I hope that you will engage us. We are a very bipartisan, collaborative committee, and we all represent agricultural sta...
The sugar program is critical. I am not sure--I have not been here for the whole hearing.
I want to associate myself with the remarks of Senator Thune, who talked about the importance to really have flexibility...
Terrific. Thank you, and I thank my colleagues who probably went out for a cup of coffee or something else, who stood ah...
I want your commitment that you will make this one of your top priorities if you are confirmed.
If I did that, I would be in jail. If I did that, I would be investigated criminally.
I think there is a way that we can rectify that by lowering the standard but still having the deterrent.
I want to make sure that when you are making these appointments and looking at this that you find people with rural expe...
And, it seems to me that that goes to the point the Chairman, our illustrious leader here, just made a minute ago.
I think you are making a strong point here.
