"We are still hopeful. We have had difficulty coming together and getting bipartisan support here to help rebuild the pipes and so on."
"I want to thank you for all of the efforts of your department and the administration in helping us with the incredible public health emergency in Flint."
"We have known actually since President Kennedy passed the Community Mental Health Act over 50 years ago, that we needed a structure in place so that we were providing comprehensive health care in the ..."
"We want to take it to every State that is interested and, frankly, listen to the sheriffs across the country who are tired of having people in jail who ought to be receiving mental health or substance..."
"one of the things I hope we will look at in future hearings is the accounting changes, the laws that were changed in the last several decades that allowed overfunded pension plans to suddenly be avail..."
"A pension is a promise. It is a key cornerstone of how we have had a middle class and the dignity and respect of work in this country."
"This program was providing children, and is still today, with their only meal of the day, and it sends a powerful message to Haitian families about our American values."
"to strengthen them from an economic standpoint, it meant empowering women to own their own land, to be able to get loans, to be able to have inheritance rights and so on."
"when Senator Roberts and I led the amendment to AGOA, which would expand the USDA's role in trade capacity building specifically for women-owned farms and businesses."
"Our time in Africa strengthened my appreciation of our country's commitments to helping fight global hunger and food insecurity."
"I am so pleased to welcome Krysta Harden, our Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, who is doing such a phenomenal job."