"If you are going to draw a red line then we are going to have to stick to it."
"the big thing I see, you know, that concerns me probably more than anything is the infiltration into the Western Hemisphere of Hezbollah."
"We cannot hope to effectively deal with Iran until we understand the relationship between Iran and Hezbollah."
"Congress never intended for the end-user to be subject to expensive margin requirements which would require companies to take capital away from their businesses and hinder their ability to make job cr..."
"it is one of those things. I know what we say but we don't know what people hear"
"It is one of those things. I know what we say but we don't know what people hear."
"My concern is the messaging going out to people when we are trying to expand exports."
"Well, and the other thing is, we need to work together for the betterment of not just ag but of the country, and that is a bipartisan commitment, and I look forward to doing that."
"if the foreign countries hear that we are not inspecting our meat, it sends a signal and that is what concerns me"
"when we send a message out like that, it is kind of like BSE. When they hear one cow has BSE, the markets close down"
"We need to work together for the betterment of not just ag but of the country, and that is a bipartisan commitment."