Jim Costa actually said...

You can give a person a fish to eat and they will be fed for the day, but if you teach them how to fish...

In my opinion, it is the single biggest reason this country has achieved no net loss of wetlands.

I scoffed at it. I mocked it. I laughed at it. I thought this was the goofiest thing I have ever heard of. And then I saw how it was working...

I was detailed to Senator Harkin in the 2008 Farm Bill process. This was brought forward on the Senate side by Senators Boxer and Feinstein.