Political Quotes

“I thank the distinguished Senator for his comments. I appreciate the shout-out for the U.S. Marine Corps and to all of us who are marines. The Marine Corps taught me one thing, and that was that I could always do more than I thought I could. This is a good example of what happens when we work together as a team--when we work with our colleagues across the aisle--when we see a real problem that has come up. This was a situation for which I wanted to express my gratitude to all of the Members who joined together to provide certainty and predictability. This is what we sold the farm bill on--certainty and predictability. We had a situation that we faced, and it was really difficult to understand how this came about, but that is not the news today. The news today is good news in that we reached a compromise and found agreement to replenish the CCC, the Commodity Credit Corporation, in the continuing resolution, absent some of the barbed wire that was in there. I especially want to thank more than 40 agriculture organizations, and I have the letter right here. I know both Senators who are in attendance here, as well as Senator Thune and everybody concerned, are aware of it. It is to Majority Leader McConnell, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, and Leader McCarthy. It is from 47 different farm organizations and commodity groups that speak for, I think, virtually every farmer, rancher, and grower in the country. So I give thanks to the 47.…”