Jim Costa actually said...

"Just to put that in the context of your conversation."

"What I am trying to understand in terms of our oversight role is this; is the Federal funding being used well, as it should be."

"In 2008 we put funding in the farm bill to try to deal with the concerns with the loss of bee colonies throughout the nation, and in 2014 we did so as well."

"We have looked at honeybees as something kind of mystical. They produce honey and wax, but it is really the pollination."