Betty McCollum actually said...

"If kids are hungry, they cannot concentrate in the classroom."

"It is a dirty little family secret, folks, and it needs to come out in the public if we are going to work on this."

"all politics is local, but I really appreciate you being here. This is how we express ourselves in a democracy, so the arts are important to our democracy."

"If we are to be creative, if we are to be successful as human beings and if we are to be successful as a country, we have to take the time to sit, reflect, read and have an open mind."