Steve King actually said...

"if you had more flexibility, you could diminish the effect of the potential furlough of our meat inspectors."

"I actually just came back from some fairly intense negotiations over there on this, and I am not at this point optimistic we are going to get something done."

"I am not at this point optimistic we are going to get something done because trade protectionism is often masked in those kind of issues."

"We are in the process of opening up our negotiations with the Trans-Atlantic Trade Agreement."