Consumers need protection from those who seek to defraud them through scams, and the Federal Government must do everything it can to protect consumers from truly bad actors.

I am so proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with people like my colleague, Dr. Drew Ferguson, from Georgia. I am so proud to stand tonight with the President of the United States. I know that tonight Mr. Trump is speaking loudly on behalf…

Kansas is a place in which UAVs receive a significant amount of attention. We are involved in lots of research, and testing, and implementation.

Our farmers and ranchers depend on strong trade relationships around the world.

We have grain on the ground out in Kansas. If we do not sell agriculture commodities over the next several months--we are at a 16-year low in prices--we will have a problem on our hands.

A strong trade policy is clearly about more than free trade agreements.

We do not need to go down that road again.

Food and agriculture exports are critical to farm income.

What we need is a U.S. Trade Representative confirmed--that is you--and in place who will embark on a robust trade policy.

I believe it should be #1.

Agriculture must be a key part of these conversations.

If confirmed, I will ask USTR's office of Trade Policy and Economics to work with the ITC to ensure that the models it is using to assess new trade deals and in other contexts are as strong as possible.

Be the champion of agriculture from the start so we do not get into these problems.

on behalf of the majority leader, there will be no further votes this week in the U.S. Senate. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk proceeded to…

As a physician, I know firsthand ObamaCare is in a death spiral. Now we are on a rescue mission. The President and our replacement bill repeals the ObamaCare mandates and taxes, but preserves three important protections: One, we don't…

I come to the floor today to speak about legislation I have recently introduced, although it is a follow-on to legislation I pursued over a number of years. We have now introduced in this Congress the Cuba Trade Act. This is legislation…

I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the provisions of rule XXII, following leader remarks on Monday, March 13, the Senate resume executive session for the consideration of Executive Calendar No. 18, and that the vote on…

Thank you for the opportunity to share a few thoughts about the fiscal year 2018 ag appropriations bill.