Tom Harkin actually said...

"We hope that you will work with us that and understand, again, the way that we come together to both recognize and respect one another's diversities."

"Our commodity programs are often criticized and seldom praised by those who have neither worked in a field nor whose livelihood depends on the weather."

"But to have the administration, the current administration come up with rules that have nothing to do with what our intent was is extremely frustrating."

"I just don't think, again, that we should lose sight of the fact that our farmers and ranchers do produce the food and fiber that now we desperately need worldwide."