"I believe in property rights, and I oppose property takings by government or anybody else."
"if this Administration would come out strongly in favor of the repeal of COOL, we could get this done and get it to the President's desk."
"I would say that, as I have watched this, it was relatively simple in 2008, and it has gotten more and more complex since then."
"if the Administration would strongly come out and support voluntary COOL or repeal of mandatory COOL, we could get this done in the House and the Senate"
"I actually went on the Internet, and I thought what kind of corn increases have we seen in the memory of my lifetime?"
"I do not take direct direction from the President, and it is your job to provide equal justice under the law."
"There were three provisions I would have liked to have seen that would have treated the livestock producers a lot better."
"I think we have made a lot of progress in that situation."
"I appreciate your service in coming here to testify this morning."
"the President had spoken orally in a press conference, and the insurance companies lined up to do his will and his bidding."
"there is unlikely any law that we could possibly pass here in the Congress that is going to compel the President to enforce it unless it is to his political interest to do so."