Pat Roberts: “I do not know what we have done to Mother Nature, but she sure has not been treating us very well.”

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

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.

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