Rick Allen actually said...

"This country will always be a grassroots country. Special interest tries to rule, but I'm telling you the people in the grassroots efforts are what gets things done."

"There is no reason in the world why we--anyone in this country should go hungry."

"We need to go directly there and work backwards and see how is the most efficient way to make sure they don't go to bed hungry."

"What I hear from educators across the country is they don't have any flexibility when they get the funding."