Brad Sherman actually said...

"I share the chairwoman's concerns to some degree, but with anything you have to ask, compared to what?"

"I want to associate myself with the chairman's opening statement and just about everything else that has been said there."

"This bill represents the very efficient use of a small amount of money that would be spent anyway to do something that is important for Africa as well."

"We have an obligation to spend our foreign development dollars as effectively as possible and I am proud to be one of many cosponsors of this bill because this bill will help us be more efficient."