Ted Yoho

My concern is the messaging going out to people when we are trying to expand exports.

It is one of those things. I know what we say but we don't know what people hear.

We need to work together for the betterment of not just ag but of the country, and that is a bipartisan commitment.

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

It is one of those things. I know what we say but we don't know what people hear

If the foreign countries hear that we are not inspecting our meat, it sends a signal and that is what concerns me

Anybody with eyes to see can understand that many of the gravest threats facing our nation today from a national security and a terrorism, anti-terrorism perspective are coming from societies where religious freedom is constrained.

I think it is also sadly a reality that Morsi is probably now relatively speaking moderate as against some of the really extreme Salafis who are part of his coalition.

It is a very dangerous and short-sighted game to ignore the long term strength that comes to a society when we base our policies on standing firmly and strongly for our most profound values.

I think that we have historically viewed the Muslim Brotherhood as a very dangerous organization with values and principles and platforms utterly inimical to our American values and democracy.

Hearings like this give us the opportunity to have some accountability and transparency to how our tax dollars are being spent, and to examine if our efforts in Central Asia are worthwhile pursuits, which I believe they are.

Are they stable enough to receive that in lieu of the fact that we have got these tanks and the airplanes going over there?

I feel personally that is why we are seeing such an upheaval of that in the Middle East.

In these tough economic times, it is absolutely necessary for us to scrutinize every dollar that the American people spend.

Egypt must recognize that its greatest threat is not Israel, but rather the scourge of extremism and violence.

I think it wouldn't be bad to bring the Saudi Ambassador here and ask him a lot of questions.

What I want to know is, what are they trying to accomplish? I know peace is the ultimate thing.

I want to know what they are doing to encourage that more than we should be.

I don't want to say kick the can down the road, but that is a phrase that I want to put to rest forever.

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