Heidi Heitkamp actually said...

"I hope that you will engage us. We are a very bipartisan, collaborative committee, and we all represent agricultural states."

"But my concern is what we are seeing really out of the White House and out of the budget does not seem to be pro rural or pro agriculture."

"I want to associate myself with the remarks of Senator Thune, who talked about the importance to really have flexibility as we implement the next Farm Bill."

"Terrific. Thank you, and I thank my colleagues who probably went out for a cup of coffee or something else, who stood ahead of me in line."