"I think it is counterproductive to encourage companies that are investing in Iran when we have an economic boycott on Iran."
"Mo Udall was my hero and my mentor. I worked with him daily for 12 years crafting legislation that set a new standard for stewardship of the lands and resources that sustain us all."
"The suggestion that he would have thought that any citizen or group of citizens or the Congress of the United States was precluded by some deal or some judgment he had made a generation earlier from t..."
"I want to commend you for putting this hearing together. It is an important issue."
"I think partnerships are very critical."
"I think, falsely advised consumers against consuming raw tomatoes when they were never actually a part of the food safety in question."
"We very much believe that an indemnification program is needed as we consider this legislation."
"But it depends how the product is operated."
"Another comprehensive food safety bill is H.R. 1332, the 'Safe Food Enforcement, Assessment, Standards, and Targeting Act of 2009' or 'SAFE FEAST Act.'"
"The dairy industry in the United States is in meltdown, let's make no mistake about that."
"I have had two suicides in the San Joaquin Valley and areas among dairymen that Congressman Cardoza, Nunes and I represent, and we have no outlook for how it can improve."
"I mean, the costs they are receiving for their milk at $9 to $10 per hundredweight and their input costs are $17 per hundredweight, you can't stay in a business like that very long."