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."

"I am worried that you are diverting a lot of resources there away from the war on drugs and other things."