Delaware today has the highest percentage of preserved productive agriculture farmland of any state in the country.

I am grateful for your passion about improving the lives of the people of the Congo.

the management and technical aspect of these elections to be seriously flawed, the vote tabulation to be lacking in transparency.

As Chairman Coons has said, it is a critical country and a critical continent to the United States of America.

We should use those levers and insist on a delay on the certification of results.

Help us understand, if you would, how he is going to focus and elevate U.S. policy in the region around LRA, around conflict minerals, around improving governance, and resolving ongoing disputes in the region.

I think you could do no better than to take this great Delawarean and give him an opportunity.

Poultry is really the sort of beating heart of the Delaware agriculture sector.

A stable and democratic Congo is in America's interest because of its critical role in the region, its large population, and its vast natural resources.

This is a moment of great risk and that there is a real possibility that it will slip.

It is a rare and good day when I see good people advance here in Washington.

I thank the Senator. I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana.