"I am greatly optimistic with this nomination."
"Iowans back home are proud of your nomination and believe there is no one better qualified to lead the Federal Highway Administration."
"I also agree with Senator Whitehouse when it comes to fairness within the process and the withholding of grants in exchange for votes."
"Like many of my colleagues here on the Committee, I believe that an all-of-the-above energy approach is the most effective way to create jobs, promote energy independence, and ensure that our househol..."
"In 2011 GAO reported that FBI and GSA assessments showed that the FBI Headquarters facilities... did not fully support the FBI's long term security, space, and building conditions requirements."
"When you take land out of production, people do not spend as much money in town."
"We need to work through some of that over-regulation and be a little bit more responsive for our farmers."
"Would it be better for us to focus more on targeted working lands conservation programs instead of land retirement programs like CRP?"
"the President's budget proposal zeroed out both of these programs"
"I believe that good trade partners make great friends."
"I firmly believed in TPP as far as our agricultural commodity products, and getting those into those countries that we believe could be very good trade partners for us."