Don Beyer actually said...

"I want to thank all of you for being willing to come into a public forum on the Ides of March. You're very brave."

"the elephant in the room is still the flat budget."

"There's an old political idiom that nothing happens in politics unless you tell somebody about it."

"wildlife trafficking is the fourth biggest organized criminal activity in the world, and it is linked to organized crime syndicates, terrorists, and insurgent groups."