"Overcoming hunger should be one of the starting points for U.S. foreign policy."
"Our hopes for economic development in poor countries will continually be frustrated if populations are unable to feed themselves."
"I think, in a way, that it's unprecedented, when you think about what the Congress can do, what the administration can do, and what our international friends can do."
"We're here, I think, because we're summoned by our conscience, first of all. And we're concerned about security."
"I know that in the Senate as well as in the House, we are going to be debating extending so-called safety-net provisions."
"We're also grateful for your willingness to serve."
"It is my hope that we will listen to the witnesses."
"We are open for business for people who have problems and ideas."
"It would be my hope that we will finally get to the witnesses, and then we will have other witnesses."
"It would be very refreshing in America today if we could find a bi-partisan answer."
"Did Congress have the authority to create a position, the role of which is to act as chief adviser to the President?"
"That raises very serious separation-of-powers concerns simply because you are purporting to say this is the person the President has to listen to."