Kevin Roberts: “I thank the chairwoman for yielding. The Senator from Oklahoma has a good intent, but he is adding in a payment limit on…”

I rise to engage in a colloquy with the distinguished chairman of the Senate Rules Committee and the senior Senator from Texas with regard to a commitment made between all of us here. This commitment is related to the [consideration] of…

I thank the Senator for yielding to me. As has been aptly pointed out by Senator Hoeven, who, by the way, does an outstanding job as our protector on the all-powerful Senate Appropriations Committee, we are in a tough place. We really…

if we had not done this, it would have resulted in delays in the 2018 farm bill programs--the one that we passed here with 87 votes--and the ability farmers would have with the risk management tools. I would just simply point out that no…

I am not sure this is the final word. In the Senate of the United States there is no final word, I would assume. But this points out something that is just absolutely understandable--common sense. When people ask me how on Earth we got 87…