I want to be very, very clear here: The resolution that is being considered today is not suggestive--it is not suggestive--of this particular Member's culpability.

I certainly want to thank him, and his counterpart, Zoe Lofgren, the gentlelady from California.

As Members of Congress, it is our duty to be good stewards with the tax dollars that we are entrusted with.

This is not an investigative body.

We would not have gotten to this point without everybody's bipartisan cooperation.

The House of Representatives is committed to taking the necessary steps to create that transparent system.

Again, the changes that we have made towards openness, transparency have been phenomenal. And to have only one area of disagreement I think is a testament to how well this Committee worked together in a bipartisan fashion.

I appreciate the fact that people know where we live. I would argue, because of my security system at home, because of other methods that I can protect myself and my family with, I am much safer at home than I am traveling throughout my district doing my representational duties.

I am convinced by what I have seen, that the public support for ag research does, in fact, have a very high rate of return.

I am confident that America's outstanding academic and research institutions can make a vital contribution in the years ahead.

the farm bill also allowed us to take the lead on educating producers about the new farm bill and the new policies, and that was a huge success.