Mr. President, as I mentioned previously, my colleagues and I intend to enter into a colloquy on the floor of the Senate to talk about an issue that is important to many of our States. The Senator from Wyoming, the Senator from North…

Mr. President, I would say to the distinguished majority leader that we on this side believe that when we bring an energy bill to the floor to talk about energy, we ought to talk about energy. Now, he may suggest there were certain things…

I say through the Chair to the majority leader, the offer, as I understand it, that was put forward by the majority leader with respect to the energy efficiency bill was that this bill would be passed with no amendments. There would be no…

I believe that we need to ensure, as we negotiate that agreement, that it is as comprehensive as possible when it comes to issues of market access and regulatory cooperation.

When you run into these barriers that are artificial barriers imposed by the Europeans and China and other countries around the world, it is going to be increasingly difficult for us.

It is really important that we tear down these types of barriers for a lot of reasons, of course, the obvious one being the health and economic vitality of American agriculture.

Mr. President, yesterday the White House held its Summit on Working Families. On the summit's Web site, the White House notes: ``Too many working Americans--both men and women--are living paycheck to paycheck, struggling to make ends meet…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Nevada (Mr…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Nevada (Mr…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Nevada (Mr…

Mr. President, today, due to tornados and severe storms in South Dakota, which resulted in significant damage to homes and businesses in my State, I was traveling back to South Dakota to survey the damage and meet with local leaders…

if this rule provides that kind of certainty for the agriculture industry, I am baffled because none of the agriculture industry wants this.

In South Dakota we have had ongoing problems with NRCS with inconsistent policy from county to county, a backlog of problems, some producers waiting months, if not years, for determinations, so it hasn't always been a good experience.

I firmly believe that this activity should be rethought by your agency, your department and get into consultation with the agriculture industry.

we want to make it easy for them to participate and we want to make it so that they want to be involved.

These products are relatively new and their long-term health effects are unknown.

Addiction, under any form, I think is a bad thing.

I simply asked that you provide a plan 'within 60 days' of my formal QFR request, dated June 18, 2014.