Rick Scott: “first and most importantly, I want to thank my colleagues for their work on these appropriations bills and the support…”

“first and most importantly, I want to thank my colleagues for their work on these appropriations bills and the support of our agriculture community in this bill. Our Nation is $37 trillion in debt and running $2 trillion deficits after years of Democrats grossly expanding Federal spending. We have to start somewhere to get our out-of-control spending in check, and the President's budget is a great place to start. President Trump made a promise to the American people that he would bring fiscal sanity to our Nation and turn the economy around. He wants to balance the budget, and so do I. The President put forward a budget proposal that works toward that goal. We should be passing appropriations bills that respect his requests and the will of the American people. My amendment would put us closer to the President's budget request for the ag budget as he delivers on his promise to the American people. I encourage my colleagues to support my amendment and restore fiscal sanity.”