So they said

“Part of my remarks here in the appendix, I’m not going to read to you, it’s the playbook of the University of Nebraska.” — Sen. Pat Roberts (in photo), R-Kan., at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing hosted by NU’s Big 10 rival Michigan State University

“We have the most extreme and conservative state government in Kansas history.” — House Minority Leader Paul Davis, D-Lawrence, in a fundraiser invitation

“I have never gotten so many e-mails on an issue as I did for the arts.” — Rep. JoAnn Pottorff, R-Wichita, who has served in the Kansas House since 1985