Hal Rogers actually said...

"While the goals of some regulations may be well intentioned, they seem to be implemented without regard to the burden they are placing on rural communities and small towns."

"They want jobs, and they want investment, and they want Washington to simply get out of the way of creating those jobs."

"It is no wonder small businesses, the lifeblood and job creators in rural areas, are petrified and they are frozen in place."

"the fiscal crisis here at home is perhaps the biggest threat to our national security."