Political Quotes

“I would like to spend a few minutes on a major piece of business this week, our 2018 farm bill. Unlike so much of what comes to this floor--or never comes to this floor, never makes it to the floor--this is not a 5-month bill or a 5- week bill or a 5-hour extension; this is an honest to goodness 5-year farm bill. That is 5 years of certainty and predictability for our farmers and ranchers. It is a testament to the great work of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and I want to thank Chairman Roberts and Ranking Member Stabenow for leading yet another bipartisan, consensus-driven process. When Democrats were in charge way back in 2014, we passed a bipartisan farm bill then. Now we are doing it again, only this time the Republicans are in charge. That is how this place should work. We have set aside the political antics and focused on our farmers and ranchers and rural communities, especially when they have all faced more uncertainty than they have in years. In Colorado we have dealt with years of persistent drought. In the southern part of my State, waterflows in the Gunnison and Animas Rivers are at less than half of their average levels. Feed shortages are even forcing ranchers in Southwest Colorado to sell off their cattle.…”