Pat Roberts: “I know you are stepping down. I know you are retiring. Thank you for your service. Thank you for your common sense.”

We are in a dire fix. We are trying to write a farm bill here, and it is with a backdrop of severe budget limitations.

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.

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

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…