Joe Courtney actually said...

"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you for starting sort of the opening bell here for the next reauthorization effort..."

"I think, you know, expressed a pretty powerful support for maintaining the nutritional standards that were in the 2010 bill."

"If there is a gap in terms of, you know, the rules versus your operating, we want that information because, frankly, there are other ways to solve that problem rather than weakening standards."

"education is one of those that could "pay the price," quote, unquote, if we just had a sort of lopsided approach to dealing with sequestration."