"I think the vast majority of Americans, if you had somebody breaking into your house that might be there to harm you, you probably have the right to shoot them."
"It's going to be very close, and you’re going to see the polls."
"It is September. It is Recovery Month. I have a son who is more than 11 years in recovery, and yet, I have friends who have lost sons and daughters to fentanyl poisoning, to overdose."
"I personally, I think that is absurd."
"Senator Fetterman's Nutrition Red Tape Reduction Act does just that."
"I hope you will convey my thanks to the more than 10,000 employees who you oversee and who are on the front lines of critical issues that you have been discussing."
"The Universal School Meals Program Act creates that path."
"A full stomach is critical for children to learn."
"A full stomach is essential for making our children can learn and be successful."
"Strengthening the Buy American provision ensures that the children eat not only safe and nutritious food but it supports the backbone of American agriculture."
"That is crazy, and I cannot even imagine that, to go hungry for the rest of the day just because you were embarrassed to actually just, you know, to get lunch."
"I am determined to do everything in my power to pass a farm bill by the end of the year that does that."
"I really want to thank all of you for coming here and enlighten all of us throughout all this, because I really do fundamentally think that it is so very critical."
"American kids should be eating American-grown food in our schools. It is safer, healthier, and supports our own economy."
"Senators Casey and Fetterman's School Hunger Elimination Act would do both."
"School lunch should always be free, and definitely free of judgment."
"By buying American food for American schools we are not only supporting our children but also safeguarding the livelihoods of the families who grow, harvest, and process our food."
"I stand with the farmers, the food manufacturers, the labor unions like the Teamsters, who support this bill."
