"The economic benefit is twofold--new markets for our farmers, and new jobs and manufacturing opportunities for our businesses."
"It is unacceptable that there are small towns that cannot afford to modernize their water systems to provide clean drinking water."
"We should be making more investments in rural America, not less."
"I have always said that the farm bill is a jobs bill."
"I wish we were having a markup on the Children's Health Insurance Program, which you and our ranking member and myself and others have introduced, a bipartisan bill that is very important, 9 million c..."
"Under this bill, insurers can end coverage of mental health and substance abuse services just like any other essential health benefit."
"No, we just repurpose it into other areas."
"I was proud to author that provision in the bill in this committee."
"Now, I have been using numbers that were not $1 trillion, but now it is $1 trillion in coverage cuts to seniors in nursing homes and children and families."
"We can fix the individual market without gutting Medicaid and taking away individual coverage for people."
"We have a very important effort that is going on right now in the HELP Committee, a bipartisan effort with Senator Lamar Alexander, Senator Patty Murray."