Jim Costa actually said...

"I think this is an important matter that the Subcommittee provide its attention and oversight to for a host of reasons."

"It is also very important, as we have this oversight hearing today, that we examine, for the purpose of the Agriculture Committee's oversight, to evaluate the implications from what I believe the trad..."

"this is an important program, and we have seen successes in in-kind commodities."

"But I think it is far more worthwhile and productive to provide the food, and there is a much greater assurance that that food is going to get in the hands of the people who need it the most."