"My goal is preservation for those truly in need, and recognize that sometimes our neighbors in need require a helping hand."
"Food insecurity is a critical issue in eastern North Carolina, rural America, and across the country."
"My support for legislation that helps Americans, and those in particular: children, families, seniors, and, yes indeed, our veterans."
"Thank you for your service to our country. And as we continue to do our work here, let us continue to fight for those who fought for us."
"Can we move from the language of kindness to the language of justice? Can we move from philanthropic sensibility to political commitment?"
"I am very interested in fraud and in Social Security. But I am really more interested in Social Security than I am in fraud."
"I think we need to be very careful about that, as well."
"I want to make sure that we protect Social Security as much as we can."
"I think, to me, that is kind of like a gamble."
"I am proud to support bipartisan common sense priorities for stakeholders here today."
"Eastern North Carolina producers desperately need farm labor, in terms of the workforce."
"I believe that you can define the greatness of a society by how well it treats its old, how well it treats its young, how well you treat those who are infirmed, suffer with disabilities, are described..."