Jim Costa actually said...

"I think all of us on this Committee believe truly that the production of food and fiber in America is an issue of national security; and therefore, we should treat it as such."

"But at that point, and my time has expired, you would have to do some sort of isolation, I would think, from those, whether it be pork or livestock of any kind, so that they would not contaminate the ..."

"Well, Madam Chair, I think for the record we ought to get an estimate in terms of the economic impacts, so we would have a better knowledge of that."

"United States agriculture industry, particularly the livestock industry, has been fortunate as foot-and-mouth disease, otherwise referred to as FMD, has not been a threat since 1929."