Pat Roberts: “I want to thank this Committee, both the ranking Member and our distinguished Chairman, for focusing on this issue.”

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.

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

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

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.