Tom Vilsack actually said...

"thank you for providing an incredible example to the rest of the Congress and the Senate and the rest of the country."

"I appreciate your bringing this issue up, and I think you are absolutely right."

"This is a real effort to get them to play fair."

"I think Pennsylvania has received almost--I think it is--if it is not the number one state in terms of resources in this effort, it is the number two state in the watershed."