On the recordJune 18, 2014
I rise in support of the fiscal year 2015 Agriculture appropriations bill. I know Senator Blunt, the ranking member, is on his way over. We were just in another subcommittee hearing and we were asking questions. Before I say anything else, I thank Senator Blunt because he has been a great partner to work with. He has been outstanding. He knows this stuff. He works hard. He knows how to work the system. He has been great. He is one of those guys we can trust, and he is very bipartisan. If we had more folks like Senator Blunt around here, we would get a lot more done. He is doing great work for the country by doing what he is doing. This is a commonsense and bipartisan bill. It did pass unanimously coming out of the full Appropriations Committee last month, and I am confident my colleagues will support it. When they have a chance to see it, they will like it. I heartily encourage everyone to take a good look at it and support it for final passage. Agriculture, as we know very well, is something America does better than anybody else in the world. We are the envy of the world when it comes to agriculture. We do it right. We are the gold standard. We are what every other nation in the world wants to be. It is of course rural America's No. 1 industry. So when we talk about agriculture and rural America, it is doing something we can be extremely proud of in this body and in this country because they do it better than anybody else.…
