Tom Vilsack actually said...

"If the offset program is administered properly and fairly with credible and verifiable offsets that, at the end of the day, farmers and ranchers will benefit from this."

"I always would get very frustrated with the Federal Government, why we don't have a comprehensive, logical transportation policy in this country."

"I know land-use planning and transportation planning are normally thought of as a State and local issue, but having some notion of what can we do from the Federal standpoint to kind of marry those two..."

"Our goal is to work with folks."