The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 78, nays 20, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 371 Ex.] YEAS--78 Baldwin Barrasso Bennet Blackburn Blumenthal Blunt…

Federal takeovers are being discussed in both the House and the Senate this week. The Democrat leaders announced that the Senate will once again be taking up legislation to put the Federal Government, instead of the States, in charge of…

Farmers are working hard to respond to company and consumer demands for more climate-friendly products, but they often are not rewarded in the market for the investments they make at the field level.

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 63, nays 35, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 370 Leg.] YEAS--63 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Booker Brown Cantwell…

Avoid burdensome application requirements and ensure that eligibility criteria are defined broadly so as not to disadvantage producers of color, small-scale producers and the organizations that serve them due to scale or other operational…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Crapo), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Kentucky (Mr. Paul), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), and the Senator from Alabama…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). The result was announced--yeas 80, nays 18, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 373 Ex.] YEAS--80 Baldwin Barrasso Bennet Blackburn Blumenthal Blunt Booker…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Baldwin). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 64, nays 34, as…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). The result was announced--yeas 49, nays 48, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 369 Ex.] YEAS--49 Baldwin…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 368 Ex.] YEAS--52…

there has been a good discussion already on the floor this morning--I was listening to my colleague, the Democratic whip--discussing the upcoming challenges that we face this fall. We have got to fund the government, we are facing the debt…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 367 Ex.] YEAS--52 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…

I deeply respect the oversight function of this Committee.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Graham), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe), the Senator from…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. S. 2742 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be…

in just a moment, I want to talk a little bit about the situation in Afghanistan. But before I do that, I just wanted to speak to something that the majority leader said earlier regarding some of the upcoming business that we have to deal…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young). Further, if present and…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from South Dakota (Mr. Rounds), and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Young). Further, if present and…