Tom Cole actually said...

"But you need, you do need to have that tool, and Congress needs to be willing to sort of, you know, stand up to the lobbies."

"Most of the mail I get on this issue, Mr. Chairman, is from people who do not own horses, who have never been around horses."

"Why would that be a problem to get some language that would eliminate that kind of ridiculous interpretation because these dual-use facility things are really good."

"We would end paying for them in indigent care in some other facility when they are actually entitled to medical care."