"I think we should remember that."
"Years ago, I was told as a young legislator that there's a fine line between doing things for people and doing things to people."
"Our responsibility it to protect the citizens from the king and his government."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And perhaps for a moment before we get into a lot of the details, considering the 80th anniversary of the founding of the NRCS's predecessor not many days ago, the 30th annive..."
"I view the Export-Import Bank as one of those tools in the battle with 60 other countries around the world."
"You don't negotiate from a position of surrender. You negotiate from a position of strength."
"That is a very polite way of saying the old guy, and I appreciate that, Mr. Chairman."
"The big difference is interest rates. We don't have 18 or 20 percent interest that a farmer told me Jesus Christ himself couldn't pay 20 percent interest."
"In the nature of criminal activity, the desire of the criminal, of course, is to bleed the process, but not to kill the patient."
"Please stop helping us, Congressman."
"I would like to visit with you about an issue I brought up in February with Secretary Vilsack about cover crops."
"I appreciate those kind comments and the kind efforts of both you and Mr. Walz over an extended period as we put the wondrous, amazing thing called the 2014 Farm Bill together."