Thom Tillis

Would it be possible for my staff to get in touch with you to see to what extent they recognize the impact reformulation by Campbell's and Kellogg's and the major food producers will have on the farm economy?

If this downturn in prices continues, we could see a greater number of farmers harmed over time.

We need to put a face on who is affected by this policy, and it is farmers.

There is no question in my mind that the major food producers, those who put cans and boxes on the shelves, are going to reformulate to the maximum extent that they can.

We need to make sure we are working to get things back on track.

I want you to make a profit. I want you to employ people, but I also want you to get right on this issue.

To Mr. Ackman's point, having a board meeting to discuss getting right on this...

We need to be very careful when we have these hearings to distinguish between what are unethical practices and the Turings of the world.

One of the things that I'm really intent on is challenging you all to tell us where past congressional decisions at the time may have made sense; they may not have made sense, they just had the votes; or times have changed.

I'm very sensitive to this issue to make sure we're capturing as many as possible and getting them in--into the appropriate sort of care setting.

I think it's important, and I think it provides value.

We are in 2016. 2020 is not too far away. Getting the funding and then moving forward and getting the facility available--if you want to stay ahead of that curve of Indiana being at capacity, then it seems like this is something we have…

What I think is very important for people to understand is in doing a good thing for these victims we are going to save billions and billions of dollars.

I supported and voted for the funding that increased the spending by 60 percent.

I think it is very important. There are very few opportunities where the head and the heart kind of align in areas of public policy in such a compelling way as this issue.

I always struggle to come up with ways to describe it, but from this point going forward I am just going to tell them it is happily combative.

I, for one, intend to be an advocate. I have a purple tie on. I have also got purple socks on, by the way, and a pen.

I am concerned with affordable housing in the rural areas and things that we can do to really promote that...

I am a big proponent of public-private partnerships so that we have something that is sustainable...

I think they are predators. I think they are parasites. I think we have got to try and do something about it.

This is a focus on the bad actors, that if there is any possible way legally we can put them out of business, I think we should.

Thank you for holding this important hearing. It is one that literally touches home.

I, for one, think that if a baby is born as a result of a failed abortion, that that is a new patient, that in the United States that is a new American citizen, and that there is an obligation on the part of the health professionals to do…

I think that is a very important point that we need to educate more on, as we continue this discussion.

I think collaboration and collaboration with the private sector and the communities you are embedded in--I would like to see more of that.