"And I do believe it will be both administratively with the Obama Administration and the Department of Agriculture increasing their efforts, and there is more I feel that they can do."
"We respectfully urge you make generous purchases of dairy products as soon as possible for use in federal nutrition programs."
"A serious imbalance in the domestic dairy industry presents an imminent threat to the economic stability and welfare of American dairy farmers."
"So I wanted to hold this hearing to serve as a forum for Members to air their concerns and to examine the width and breadth of policy issues surrounding the dairy industry."
"Make no mistake; I do not intend to solve all of the problems facing the dairy industry in the course of this one hearing."
"I think that the major model that we are using, AIG, is flawed, at its best."
"I would like to see if you could give us comments on the derivatives and this sort of bias which is in the energy bill towards older homes, which needs to be rectified."
"You know, my point is that older homes are more predominant in rural areas. So if this bias is not corrected, it would have a disproportionate impact in rural communities if there is not some other wa..."
"We are all capitalists here, we believe strongly in the capitalistic system."
"Excessive compensation packages were indeed a contributing factor because incentives for short-term gains overwhelm the checks and balances."
"I would like to get your response to is the treatment of derivatives markets."