In 2011 GAO reported that FBI and GSA assessments showed that the FBI Headquarters facilities... did not fully support the FBI's long term security, space, and building conditions requirements.

When you take land out of production, people do not spend as much money in town.

Would it be better for us to focus more on targeted working lands conservation programs instead of land retirement programs like CRP?

We need to work through some of that over-regulation and be a little bit more responsive for our farmers.

I believe that good trade partners make great friends.

the President's budget proposal zeroed out both of these programs

I firmly believed in TPP as far as our agricultural commodity products, and getting those into those countries that we believe could be very good trade partners for us.

Well, I would say that a lot of folks, and I think Shelby County as well, elected Trump into office. And he is our president.

The issue is that there were so many different ideas, even within our own Republican conference that trying to bring those ideas together has been difficult and I remain optimistic that we will find a way forward.

We've got to get back to common sense, common sense.

An all-out repeal of Obamacare takes 60 votes. We obviously don't have 60 votes.

Never in my 30-plus years of farming did I feel the government was going to be a threat to me and my young son's farm operation.

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I do hope that you reach out to rural legislators, Members of Congress, and receive input from our offices as well.

I have pushed for action on small arms modernization since I entered the Senate.

Every circumstance is very, very different, and making sure it is not one size fits all, I think is really important.

We do have to continue pushing this issue.

So I think that is a disparity that we need to take a look at and reward those that want to stay and take on greater levels of responsibility.

Well, this is a great discussion, so thank you to the panelists for being here today, I appreciate it.

I think it's great that we have that discussion.

Our current pay structure provides no financial incentive for our senior enlisted members to lead at the highest levels outside of the Joint Staff.