So I want to make sure I understand something because this is at least useful to me.

It would be better for Congress to pass no bill at all than pass a bill that provides consumers with less protections under the status quo.

We urge you to use all the tools at your disposal to take immediate action to investigate this company...

I would ask you, Mr. Administrator, if the EPA is required by the court to collect emission reports before Congress acts, what assurances can you give Kansas farmers and ranchers that any sensitive information required on those reports…

I have sponsored legislation in the past to exempt ag emissions or reporting requirements under CRCLA and EPCRA.

I represent one of the most energy-rich, energy-diverse States in the union, Kansas, and we contribute to this concept of energy independence, which is a national security issue.

Wind energy now represents about 35 percent of the energy production in Kansas, and we're now able to export energy.

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 45. ____________________

I appreciate the opportunity to join so many of my colleagues to speak in support of the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. I thank Senator Graham for his continued leadership on this issue. I supported this bill when Senator Graham…

I want to take a moment this evening to congratulate one of the most effective advocates for American agriculture in our Nation's Capital. We are often helped by those who have lots of knowledge. In the coming days, Mary Kay Thatcher will…

NAB salutes Senators Jerry Moran (KS) and Brian Schatz (HI) for their bipartisan legislation, the Viewer and Listener Protection Act.

The foreign animal disease threats could really devastate public health.

Almost every pandemic threat today is a zoonotic disease that can spread from animals to people.

Every country that ever developed an offensive bioweapons program also targeted agriculture.

He suggested reasons why this is surprising.

One of our witnesses was General Richard Myers, four-star, President of Kansas State University, home of the now under construction National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility.

I want to thank this Committee, both the ranking Member and our distinguished Chairman, for focusing on this issue.

I would like to thank Members of this Committee, and in particular Senator Burr, for their commitment to reauthorizing PAHPA in a timely manner.