I will bet you understand that ethanol is pretty important in Iowa.

Surely, we can work on all this in a bipartisan manner, reaching across the aisle to ensure fairness in our tax code and in its implementation.

I want to encourage him and--we all could encourage him to move forward on that.

I believe it is fair to say the average family is receiving a substantial benefit by the lowering of their federal income taxes.

I want to visit about trade, and it involves China and what sort of a problem that might be for agriculture.

Since the passage of tax reform and all the positive news that has followed, many who are against the tax bill have been searching for a talking point that they can use to criticize our historic tax reform efforts.

We needed to change that.

More than 500 employers and counting throughout the country have announced they are reinvesting their tax cut savings into employees through increased wages, benefits and bonuses.

I wish I had time to read all the examples I have from Iowa employees, because their employers are giving them pay raises and increasing their benefits.

True, one party refused to participate and did everything it could to make the bill too poor to pass.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, I believe, has put the inversion planners out of business.

Last July, 45 of our Democratic colleagues wrote us what can only be called a legislative ransom note.

I look forward to processing his nomination in short order, though with the thoroughness this committee is known for.

The Federal Government cannot solve this crisis alone, but my hope is that we can work together to ensure that our Federal programs, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and human services programs, are innovative and responsive to the needs of…

I was pleased to work with Ranking Member Wyden and other members of this committee to lead an effort that makes significant strides to address the opioid epidemic: the Family First Prevention Services Act, enacted last February.

Identifying policies to evaluate and improve the Federal response to the opioid epidemic will be no different, and the success of these efforts will depend upon bipartisan, committee-wide support.

I was proud to work with Ranking Member Wyden and other members of this committee to lead an effort that makes significant strides to address the opioid epidemic.

I kind of came away with the opinion that they will do anything legal or illegal, anything moral or immoral, anything ethical or unethical--do whatever they want to to get ahead and to stay ahead.

But they are, as you said, I think, Ms. Lee, very strategic, and we are very shortsighted.

I hope we do not get into a situation where one is pitted against the other.

If they want to do business in our country, we ought to be able to do business on the same basis in their country.

I said that I am one of the few members of the United States Senate who is still in the Senate who voted for China to be in the WTO.

I really respect. He is a very valuable Senator on the sometimes powerful Senate Agriculture Committee.

I got a feeling that he was the right choice for the President of the United States to choose to be our Ambassador there.

What in God's name did you do?