Madam President, as many Iowans know, I made a practice of holding townhall meetings in each of the 99 counties of my State every year. It has become known in the media as a ``Full Grassley.'' That is not something I named it. That is…

Madam President, I want to take a few minutes to describe the funding that my substitute amendment for S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016, is intended to authorize. Section 202 of the amendment authorizes SAMHSA's…

It is going to be important for us, particularly in rural areas, for our first responders to have access to the overdose reversal drugs.

Hopefully, this is the year that Congress get serious about fire suppression.

StrikeForce was designed to focus on the areas of persistent poverty in this country.

That is one of the reasons why we need to get rid of the embargo.

I appreciate the comment, Senator, and I will take that back to the team.

I am here to say unequivocally they are safe to consumers.

Secretary, I believe your Department can help, but it is going to take some really, really hard work.

the embargo statute basically prohibits the Department of Agriculture from using any of its market assistance programming money, so we cannot directly help promote, as we do in other countries.

I am confident, because I think we have addressed both short-term and long-term, traditional and nontraditional, challenges that agriculture is going to face.

Help us fix the fire budget, and that situation in rural Oregon will change.

I had to give out seven American flags to family members who lost loved ones in forest fires.

I am trying to avoid a chaotic circumstance, Senator. I am certainly hopeful that there are at least 60 of you who feel the same way I do.

This is a budget, Mr. Chairman, that also will allow for an expansion of local and regional food systems in the bio-based economy.

Budgets are oftentimes a lot about numbers. But behind each of these numbers, there are individuals and people that we care deeply about.

Actually, Wisconsin has a number of communities like Green Bay that are working with the Fox River that are trying to create ecosystem markets.

This is one area that has frustrated me more than any since I have been Secretary, because everybody--everybody--knows this is a problem.