"The degree of knowledge on the part of the Congress and our constituents about Africa certainly needs great improvement."
"I would welcome that comment by Dr. Woteki."
"I underline that because most of us do not understand, you have a death in the family or somebody decides to go abroad or so forth, suddenly you lose this history and therefore, you lose the ability e..."
"it is almost inconceivable in the common sense of the American public that a farmer would not be able to plant tomatoes or beans or corn or what have you on his land without these cumbersome restricti..."
"I have re-introduced the Farm Flexibility Act, and this legislation would permit producers to grow fruits and vegetables for processing while maintaining their historical base acres."
"May I take this opportunity, to offer an introduction also to one of our witnesses?"
"That would be helpful if you would brief our staff on those findings and that will at least make our discussions more informed as we proceed."
"I would be delighted to have both reports in regard to my first question as well as the second."
"I introduced what was named the Farm Ranch Equity Stewardship and Health Act, the FRESH Act, which would provide a true insurance based safety net for all farmers regardless of what did they grow."
"The ordinary observer of this would say essentially that the Government right now is the army or the military force."
"Will the international community join us in large measure, or will the United States again be the default lead donor in stabilization and nation-building efforts?"