"I am very grateful and proud to be serving with you."
"Again, I am really pleased to hear you talking about this commitment on moving towards biofuels."
"Congratulations on assuming this. You are the right person for this job, and I am grateful."
"What are the factors do you think in addition to what the Forest Service is doing that are leading to those changes?"
"I am optimistic, as I said. Again, this is a legacy that is the envy of the world."
"Thank you not just for being a friend of agriculture but being a friend of rural America."
"A diverse rural economy is the strongest hedge we have against economic downturn and natural disaster."
"I think this last part that was being brought up is actually critical."
"The private sector input into this is going to be critical."
"To get the two of you talking smoothly on the same platform without the ability to reach outside the system is not the way we want to go."
"While I am disappointed in how some of this rolled out, I also think putting it in the context of where the private sector is at on this."