"Thank you very much. But again, I would return the compliments to you and to the Centers for Disease Control..."
"the White House will be requesting $1.5 billion."
"I really think it behooves us to move as rapidly as possible to get these facilities built, so that we can develop that vaccine as rapidly as possible to protect our people."
"We did quite a bit in the last farm bill on organics."
"Thank you very much, Senator Conrad."
"If I am confirmed, the message will be clear. Discrimination in any form will not be tolerated in this Department."
"I think we must be--I think we are No. 2 now in the Nation. I think, if I am not mistaken, in the number of organic farms."
"It is time that we move the Department of Agriculture, and particularly the FSA and the RMA, into the 21st century."
"Organics is. We are finding a lot of young people in Iowa now with just a few acres able to grow organics and sell them at premium prices."
"I think we all pretty much basically agree on crop insurance here."
"Pat and I may not always agree on everything in agriculture, but this is one thing we do agree on, in lockstep, on crop insurance."