I think the whole question of what is happening with wildfires is incredibly serious.

Our farmers, ranchers, foresters are the original and best conservationists.

We definitely need a different way to do this.

This is a very, very important part of the Farm Bill and frankly part of our policies for the country.

Both letters reject the President's budget proposal to eliminate the Regional Conservation Partnership Program and highlight the importance of this program.

If I could just underscore that. When we talk about risk management in the last Farm Bill, we strengthened risk management tools, crop insurance being one, but conservation is also a risk management tool for farmers and ranchers today.

Those are huge numbers, the differences in that.

I could also point to Senator Stabenow's Western Lake Erie Basin and talk in details not only about phosphorus...

I have always said that the Farm Bill is a jobs bill, and conservation and forestry is no exception.

I would echo your words that it is a pleasure to serve with you on this Committee and that we are actually getting things done and working together which is so very important for the people we represent.

I just want to take a moment because we have all been so focused, and there has been so much concern about what is going to happen in terms of healthcare in this country. So many people have called me concerned about whether they are going…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Hoeven). Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Michigan. ____________________

in conclusion, I wish to make one other comment, and that is, the people in Michigan who are purchasing on the private exchange--over half of whom are able to get a policy today for their families for less than $100--I would say they would…

to the distinguished leader, I simply would say I am proposing that instead of this, which is essentially burning down the house in America in terms of healthcare, that you instead join with us in what you have admitted is one of the top…

I want to indicate before the distinguished majority whip leaves that what is being talked about here is like having a hole in the roof of your house. Instead of patching it, they want to burn down the house. What we are not willing to…

the President told people in Michigan that on day one he would label China a currency manipulator and that has not happened yet.

first, I want to thank the Senator from Nevada. We are so pleased that she is here and her voice is so strong for the citizens of Nevada and appreciate very much her comments this evening. I am rising this evening to talk about an issue…

as a senior member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, which held more than 50 hearings, roundtables, and walkthroughs on health care reform--we spent 8 days just marking up the bill in committee, considered more than 130 amendments, and…

I authored that initiative with a then new Republican colleague, Roy Blunt, and we are now both in the Senate.

We know, fundamentally, this is so important for our farmers and food safety and the food economy.

it is with very great sadness today that I honor the life of my longtime staff member and dear friend, Barbara Wise McCallahan. Barb passed away on May 26, 2017. Barb has worked in my congressional and Senate offices for over 20 years…

Is it appropriate to give pharmaceutical companies a $25-billion tax cut in the health-care reform bill when there is nothing to bring down the cost of prescription drugs in that bill?

I think, a very important basic assumption that you have made, and that is that the Affordable Care Act is falling apart.

I want to first thank my friend and colleague, the senior Senator from Minnesota, Ms. Klobuchar. She is a very important part of our Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee. She provides tremendous leadership. We both come…

I do know that is what it does.