"This is a serious issue for us, and I am delighted that Mr. Peterson has called this hearing."
"Our frustration here is, while you continue to express the belief that we will work our way through this magic legislative process..."
"My question is, what are the amounts of money that farmers are going to pay additionally under this legislation that we need to then worry about how they find income?"
"midwestern states would bear the brunt of the economic blow."
"We are here, I think, to determine the success of that fix, and I hope we learn that from the CFTC."
"We have been through this a long time. We have had a long conversation and discussion in Congress about a broad Zelener fix."
"What seems to be developing, and, in fact, we have talked here among ourselves that if we put the three of you in a room we would have a broader Zelener fix."
"I don't think it is necessarily fair to pin on the new President what happened when the ball was rolling earlier."
"I really don't understand--I understand exactly what you are saying and I agree with the comments that are made about the science, about the--certainly the unfairness, the injustice of evaluating diff..."
"I do think there is an agenda out there. I don't think it is an agenda by this Administration; I think it is an agenda by some people that probably best describe a western state governor--I won't ment..."
"This Congress has seen in the past significant improvements on our funding for health services."