Today we will vote on the farm bill, and I can't help but be reminded of the more than 1,100 attendees at the farm bill listening sessions we held across the country. What an honor it was to take the comments, the feedback, and the…

His brand of unconditional cordiality is increasingly rare, and this institution sure could use a lot more of it.

Orrin Hatch is not most people. Simply put, the institution he truly loves will not be the same without him.

Ms. Courtney Dunbar Jones, I think your statement was mercifully short, and extremely poignant, and extremely to the point.

I am here this afternoon to congratulate Herb Holzapfel on his retirement as chairman of the Farmers' Rice Cooperative. The Farmers' Rice Cooperative has a long and distinguished history and an equally long history of influential leaders…

I ask unanimous consent that the vote scheduled for 1:45 occur now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Kraninger nomination?

I have read every piece of intelligence in the possession of the United States government. And when it is done, when you complete that analysis, there is no direct evidence linking him to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

I ask unanimous consent that the vote scheduled for 1:45 p.m. commence now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I rise this afternoon to discuss the Department of Veterans Affairs and this Department's continued challenges with properly implementing the letter of the law. As we know, the VA has faced significant difficulties and change over the past…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess as under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 10:58 a.m., recessed until 12 noon and reassembled when called to order by the Presiding Officer (Mrs. Ernst)…

I was asked to be here, and here I am.

I call this hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee to order.

I thank my colleagues for joining me in reviewing the nominations of the individuals before us.

These very important missions will be even better served with the necessary key leadership in place.

November is Prematurity Awareness Month, and as the number of preterm births continues to rise in the United States, it is important to acknowledge this serious issue. In my own experience as an obstetrician having delivered over 5,000…

This past holiday weekend, I had the pleasure, the opportunity, to travel to the Middle East and to the Horn of Africa. Specifically, I got to visit with some 700 Kansas National Guardsmen from the 2nd 137th Combined Arms Battalion and…

this Subcommittee and me personally, will do everything we can to provide you the resources, both legal and financial, and we will continue to monitor.

I want to make sure that as we develop legislation, we're not operating in a vacuum...