Mark Takano actually said...

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As we gather today, I just want to take a moment to thank you, Chairman Wenstrup, for conducting the Economic Opportunity Subcommittee in such a productive, positive, and bipa..."

"Don't you also believe there is also a problem of politicization of the Department, that we, in effect, turn the entire department over to political patronage?"

"I think we all can agree that helping struggling mothers and hungry babies and young children is a good thing to do, and it is good public policy."

"The fact that it is good public policy and that it is also helping us save dollars, in terms of adverse health consequences to malnutrition."