Pat Roberts
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Pat Roberts is a former United States Senator from Kansas, serving from 1997 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he was known for his work on agricultural policy and national security issues during his tenure. Before his time in the Senate, Roberts served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1997. Throughout his political career, he focused on issues important to Kansas, including farming and rural development. Roberts was also involved in various committees, including the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, where he played a significant role in shaping agricultural legislation.
It is a very worrisome thing about a chilling effect on people in any farm organization willing to talk about these things.
I think we have one heck of a problem on our hands or a challenge on our hands.
Is there any sort of cost benefit yardstick that all agencies should sort of agree on, and say, look, this is not the old testament. This is the new testament with all of the scientific means that we have today in a parts per trillion…
I know the Chairman and the Ranking Member, all of us here, will back you up in any kind of forceful leadership that you want.
Thank you, Madam Chairman, and the Ranking Member Chambliss, who just returned, for calling this hearing to focus on our rural communities.
I hope, in his meetings with David Cameron, that that really comes to fruition.
Well, I know you get the same question as I do, and I have difficulty trying to explain it.





