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

There is no reason why rural communities should be left behind as other areas continue to advance their health-care systems.

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

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

But short-term, for goodness' sake, do not, in this business of playing your cards of trying to get a better deal for the United States or a better trade situation, do not do so at the expense of American agriculture, which is going…