"I appreciate your time and courtesy in sharing this observation."
"I think most people would agree that giving millionaires hundreds of thousands of dollars to heavily subsidize the cost of crop insurance is neither fair nor well-targeted."
"Millionaires do not need taxpayers to help them afford crop insurance."
"The numbers show that this program is disproportionately skewed not toward small family farmers but toward the biggest agribusinesses."
"I am absolutely convinced that this horrific set of circumstances that we have been thrust into in Israel dealing with Gaza is--that we are at a pivotal point."
"It puts American businesses at a competitive disadvantage while flooding American consumers with undoubtedly harmful products."
"I appreciate making it personal--I know that is not easy, but it helps give the committee a sense that there are human consequences."
"In the final analysis, we are talking about people, and there are areas, regardless of our differences, that we can come together."
"There have, in fact, been more jobs created, 13 million additional jobs, compared to the miserable experience that we had under the four years of the previous President."
"We are at historic low record of unemployment, and for Black Americans, it is an all-time record."
"I think it is easier for us to deal with that than just going on simply piling on regulations on poor people."
"I think there are opportunities to be able to deal meaningfully with the deficit in ways that can actually bring people together rather than divide them."