The damage is very high and real.

I want to hear about what you intend to do about outcome, and I will be a little more specific.

On the one hand, you are our police force out there, making sure that billions are spent legally and effectively.

I think this could serve many, many purposes that are consistent with the vision of the Department.

I am eager to get an update on the Farm Credit System and how it continues to play a critical role in providing stable and dependable sources of financial credit for, as the chairman mentioned, the hard-working men and women of rural…

So in the supplemental disaster package that's being written currently, are there--is there enough flexibility in this regard to potentially help you to help with the problem of onsite grain storage that's been lost?

Thank you for your long leadership on the Agriculture Committee. You have been a stalwart there.

I have enjoyed our pre-meeting conversations and our robust interest in many, many things in terms of our own food security in this country.

I am highly interested in the whole concept of distributed energy generation, which is a component, an emerging field actually, in agricultural production.

Yes, I am assuming FTEs means outcomes. If there is some other metric that determines safety levels, that would be helpful to know.

While certainly the vast, vast majority of farmers and ranchers and participants in Nutrition Assistance Programs are honest people, someone out there will always try to game the system.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to go back to the discussion that Ms. DeLauro had raised regarding imported food.

I ask unanimous consent that the time until 5:30 p.m. today, including quorum calls, be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

over the course of this afternoon, we have heard a whole bunch of things about what is supposedly in this bill. I know that a lot of people who are opposed to this bill, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, sincerely believe…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for less than 1 minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I just listened to the senior Senator from New York--my friend from the gym and the minority leader--deliver some summaries of what he said was in the bill before us, and he implored this body and implored the people watching on C-SPAN to…

I rise to voice my full support for the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, offered by my colleague from Nebraska. Today's vote on this important bill is going to give every Member of the Senate a chance to show America where one…

I have a request for one committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committee…