I think in this setting you can't be more concrete than that and I understand that.

I rise today to honor and recognize the 100th anniversary of the El Dorado Band. The purpose of the El Dorado Municipal Band is to provide musical entertainment in the summer for the city of El Dorado and to provide the opportunity for…

I don't understand the love affair with the countervailing duties on components of fertilizer.

If you would give me the chance to make the case, it should be high on the list, I would appreciate that.

Why does the administration's supplemental request only propose to incentivize soybean and not include other food crops, like sorghum and sunflowers?

I always like that flexibility until it doesn't cover something that I think needs to be covered.

Thank you for demonstrating my credibility and power in front of this august audience.

I was one of the original sponsors of this bill.

I was pleased to support significant funding increases for the Child Care Development Block Grant and Head Start in particular in the fiscal year 2022 omnibus.

Chairwoman, thank you very much.

The contract that UNOS holds with HHS for organ procurement and transplantation is up for competition in 2023.

Ensuring that the SNS (Strategic National Stockpile) is restocked and maintained to its maximum capacity is important.

It is not always the case that I find it to be the case that it happens.

earth-observing satellites are an essential tool for Kansas because it aids us in our agricultural practices, and that is a hugely important component of our State's economy.

You get it done with that competitive spirit, you get it done cheaper, and that allows us to move away from what has been a plague on us in the past, which is a cost-plus contract.

I intend to pursue this further in NDAA and I look forward to your cooperation as we figure out what language and instructions might be valuable to the Department to see that that gap that you just described is closed.

I rise today during national small business week to honor and recognize Dan and Jan Smoots of Emporia, KS. The Smoots were recently announced as the Small Business Administration's Small Business Persons of the Year for Kansas, and once…

It is vital that the United States maintain our leadership in space and in research and development.