"I take great exception to the testimony that badmouths ethanol when, quite frankly, you have got a choice between having ethanol and having higher grain prices."
"I would like to have you give a complete and thorough, timely response to that letter."
"Thank you. I have three questions. I may not get to all of them because I want three people maybe to look at the first one, Espinel, Weinstein, and Barnett."
"I usually start out my remarks by thanking you for holding this hearing."
"Our country is a global leader in innovating, creating, and developing new technology and products."
"You are bringing attention to a lot of things that are seen as a global issue."
"It would be a shame if the Justice Department makes Mr. Melson the only fall guy for this disastrous strategy. There's plenty of blame to go around at both the ATF and Justice Department."
"The operation was approved by the ATF Phoenix field office, and the United States attorney's office in Arizona, per normal practice."
"We think it goes very high up in the Justice Department. But how high, I'm not sure."
"Any attempt to retaliate against them for their testimony today would be unfair, unwise, and unlawful."
"It remains our understanding that ATF's Operation Fast and Furious did not knowingly permit straw buyers to take guns into Mexico."