Tom Harkin actually said...

"I hope that given all of our support for organic agriculture and for specialty crops and all of that, which I am totally for, that we do not ignore the person who really produces the food and fiber fo..."

"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."