Pat Roberts: “I want to go back to the suggestion that some have made in regards to direct negotiations with North Korea and Kim Jong…”

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 continue to hear in farm country the dire need to expand and explore new markets.

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

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