"Somebody has to make those determinations."
"Thank you all very much for all of your past things that you have done on behalf of agriculture and health in America."
"But to counter back that, somehow or other, we are responsible as corn farmers for the chopping down of the trees of Brazil or anyplace else is, on the face of it, ludicrous."
"I think these are vital objectives."
"I think Secretary Vilsack has been actively engaged in dialogs regarding communications, from what I have heard."
"When you enter public life like this, it is a family affair; no doubt about it."
"I urge you to provide stroke research with a significant funding increase."
"We thank Chairman Harkin and the Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Service, and Education, and Related Agencies for your consideration of this testimony."
"We are grateful to the subcommittee for your continued leadership and your investment in lifesaving programs that prevent and end domestic violence."
"We need the workforce on the ground so when we have that vaccine, we can put it in people's arms."
"I think what is happening right now makes it crystal-clear that the public health departments, both of our State and our Federal Government, have been inadequately funded in the past."