Nita Lowey actually said...

"If a solution is not found to turn off the sequester, and I sincerely hope we can do that together, do you foresee a situation similar to one that the Department is encountering with its rental assist..."

"I am deeply concerned about the future of the Department of Agriculture."

"I just hope that a lot of your research is also looking at some of these ideas that in some ways go back to old ideas or old practices that good farmers used."

"I do hope we can work together on both sides of the aisle to resolve the sequester, because to see the potential impact on people who really cannot take it is devastating."