Tom Cole actually said...

"I agree. I understand the funding need as well, but I just want to point out for the record, Mr. Chairman, the Senate actually got that passed last year and we were very close in the House."

"If I may, I just want to, for the record, thank you and thank Chief Pyle, who is just a remarkable leader."

"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."