Political Quotes

“It troubles me for him to take the floor and to criticize this bill because it has not reformed agriculture in America. The bottom line is we have done many things in this subcommittee to bring significant reform in the area of agricultural policy. Two years ago we made, I think, a significant advance in terms of reforming crop insurance in this country, a program that was costing taxpayers over $200 million a year, and because of provisions in our bill we have pushed forward a reform that will literally save billions of dollars for taxpayers over the life of the program. Again, in the area of housing... we have pushed for reforms in the authorizing legislation on housing programs that will mean that the taxpayers' dollars will be more carefully guarded. It also means that, frankly, we will be building more and better housing at a lower cost.”