Pat Roberts: “I fought hard for my State priorities, Washington State priorities, because last year, I heard from so many people.”

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

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

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

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