"We never lost sight of the fact that 16 million people--16 million people--have a job in our country because of agriculture and the food industry."
"I am very proud of the work that was done in a bipartisan way, and that is what we can do when we work together."
"I appreciate your work in bringing agriculture's voice to the Kansas Water Congress."
"We actually put dollars in there for not just biofuels infrastructure and energy efficiency."
"I think personally speaking, from the Kansas provider perspective, it really still comes down to capital."
"I am also proud of the work that Senator Roberts and I did together to create new partnerships on funding research."
"I really do want to start the hearing, though, by thanking Chairman Roberts for his years of leadership on issues important to American agriculture."
"Well, we cannot close out this panel, Mr. Chairman, without my asking about something that we worked so hard on together related to livestock last time, which was a huge, important, new funding piece ..."
"I appreciate very much Kansas State University hosting us, and I thank President Myers for his welcome, and Secretary Jackie McClaskey."
"Farmers and ranchers pulled themselves up from their bootstraps. They understand fiscal responsibility."
"To those who say passing a farm bill in this environment is a daunting task, I say together we can get it done."