Hal Rogers actually said...

"It is a bipartisan effort, as I have said, between the Governor and myself to try to uplift a region that has been absolutely hammered by coal layoffs."

"I want to start off this morning thanking Rural Development for all of your efforts in the country and especially in my region."

"The agency needs discipline and it needs an outsider in some position there to be sure that we are not jeopardizing the President's life."

"Unfortunately, the Service has been beleaguered by a series of embarrassing and unacceptable lapses in security and other missteps. This will not stand."