Pat Roberts: “This is an important piece of work that we're talking about today to help us grow our economy from the middle out.”

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

But short-term, for goodness' sake, do not, in this business of playing your cards of trying to get a better deal for the United States or a better trade situation, do not do so at the expense of American agriculture, which is going…

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

What agricultural producers need right now is certainty and predictability.