Chuck Grassley actually said...

"I consider him a friend as well as our Secretary of Agriculture, and let me explain to the Committee that this is a special honor for me to introduce him."

"That's why I wrote a bipartisan provision with Republican Senator Chuck Grassley from Iowa in the new education reform law-the Every Student Succeeds Act-to require school districts to work with child..."

"I'm very pleased that we have been able to bridge so many divides and I am optimistic about our chances going forward."

"My preference has always been for this to be a bipartisan effort."