Jerry Moran Quotations

Never in my life would I have expected USDA to be opposed to farmers and ranchers.

I always assumed the Department of Agriculture was the farmer and rancher's friend.

I think there is general belief here that agreement is still possible.

My role is to try to remove the impediments to entrepreneurs' chance to succeed. It's about improving the business climate to give people a better chance of succeeding.

We have had a series of discussions about where we are. It is clear to me that the April 30 deadline will come and go without significant agreement.

Big companies are often in the process of laying off workers. Small startup companies are the ones that are hiring. The statistics prove that's where job growth is going to occur.

You're perceived as being a success if you find a job in some big city and work with hundreds of other people and draw a paycheck every month.

This battle for global talent is so important.

American farmers and ranchers deserve a USDA that will pursue supportive policies rather than seek their further harm.

It's unfortunate that an issue that families face in Kansas has spread across the country. When our servicemen and women make the ultimate sacrifice to protect Americans, their families are entitled to bury their fallen heroes in a peaceful setting and with dignity.

The JOBS Act is the 'topic of the moment.'

The Farm Bill should be written by the United States Congress and an extension is not required for the purposes of the WTO. I think it's very important that the House and Senate committees proceed with that plan to produce a 2007 Farm Bill.

We need to make sure the Department of Agriculture is promoting farmers and ranchers.

Perfection has to do with the end product, but excellence has to do with the process.

And innovation and entrepreneurship is the opportunity and best opportunity we have to grow the economy.

I am convinced that success is not measured by what you get out of life, but by what you give back.

Youre perceived as being a success if you find a job in some big city and work with hundreds of other people and draw a paycheck every month.

One of the most difficult speeches to prepare is an address to a graduation class, which is why I don't often do them.

Although his crusade in 1957 occurred at a time in our nation's history when race divided all, Reverend Graham refused to preach in segregated audiences.

My goal is not to create a circumstance in which no one fails, but one in which many will succeed,

We've become a country that is often risk averse. That's not the way to succeed.

It's about improving the business climate to give people a better chance of succeeding.

These kind of losses have always in the past been taken care of by crop insurance. Farmers' losses are farmers' losses.

This is a global fight to get the right people in the right place and we're talking about people with PhDs in engineering, computer science, mathematics.