Hal Rogers actually said...

"I especially want to thank you for your proposal to maintain level funding in the single-family direct loan program."

"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."

"However, some agents are tarnishing that image, and it needs to be cleaned up."