Pat Roberts

Be careful, young man. Some people in my State might want to be able to afford to drive to Colorado to buy your free marijuana.

Be careful, young man. Some people in my State might want to be able to afford to drive to Colorado to buy your free marijuana.

Orrin Hatch is not most people. Simply put, the institution he truly loves will not be the same without him.

His brand of unconditional cordiality is increasingly rare, and this institution sure could use a lot more of it.

Ms. Courtney Dunbar Jones, I think your statement was mercifully short, and extremely poignant, and extremely to the point.

These very important missions will be even better served with the necessary key leadership in place.

I thank my colleagues for joining me in reviewing the nominations of the individuals before us.

I call this hearing of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee to order.

I am deeply concerned about the impact that today's retaliatory tariffs are having on U.S. agricultural products.

I hope we do not stumble on it, and that is to somehow get back engaged with TPP.

Your point is extremely valid. Other countries have beat us to the punch, and we have got to get busy.

Instead of going bilateral, bilateral, bilateral, bilateral times 11, to get back into TPP would really send a message to China.

What agricultural producers need right now is certainty and predictability.

There is no reason why rural communities should be left behind as other areas continue to advance their health-care systems.

All of us look forward to working with each of you in a bipartisan way, both sides of the aisle.

Whatever we can do to open up even more the use of telehealth services to support the local rural health-care professionals.

We have to drive quite a few miles to get to that hospital, like you have in Alamosa.

I do not want to get picked off by all of a sudden saying 'no' to the critical access or moving to some other thing without really knowing where we are going.

We have long said that rural residents deserve the same quality health care as their urban counterparts.

Recruiting, training, and retaining staff are some of the greatest challenges we have.

I think if a rabbit crossed the Senate floor that the distinguished leader of the Minority would probably either file cloture on the rabbit or shoot it, and so that is a real problem.

Wherever there is a void, the world pays a price.

It is an honor to be here today in support of my Kansas friend and colleague Mike Pompeo as the President's nominee for Secretary of State.

Well, let me just close by saying that I agree with the President, I agree with everybody who has said, all of the witnesses, that long-term--and it is going to have to be a long-term policy with regards to China--you are going to have to…