We are working with the Secretary of Agriculture on expanding crop insurance for milk.

I rise to support the nomination of former Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue to serve as Secretary of Agriculture. Since the beginning of the Trump administration, the Department of Agriculture has been left without leadership. Based on…

I rise this evening to talk about an issue that will affect families all across Michigan, which is the nomination of Judge Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. He has a long record of siding with special interests and institutions instead of…

just yesterday, the White House held a forum on empowering women. Sean Spicer said the President made women's empowerment a priority throughout the campaign, but earlier today, Vice President Pence traveled to the Capitol to cast a…

Eleven million people would become unemployed if that lock shut down, even for a few weeks, and the North American economy would enter a severe recession.

We all know, in this room, that your infrastructure is aging and needs work.

Clearly coal, copper and those big, bulk commodities, railway lines and infrastructure and ports are absolutely required.

I have always said to have an economy and to have a middle class, you have to make things and grow things.

It is clear the President has focused on making things, which I appreciate in Michigan, but not growing things, which is equally important.

If you are confirmed will you commit to working with me and working with the industry and all of colleagues who care about this, to use administrative authority available to you to provide our Nation's dairy farmers with reliable risk…

I am very concerned about the cuts in President Trump's budget as it relates to those things.

I feel this morning, after listening to each of our witnesses, I want to say, Amen, to each of you and also indicate that it is not only National Water Day, it is National Ag Day. And we will not have agriculture, we will not have food…

before the distinguished Senator from Maryland leaves the floor, I want to thank him for his powerful advocacy on behalf of his citizens. And I would only say ``amen'' as he was speaking because there is so much at stake for the moms and…

We have lost close to 5 million jobs in our country as a result of currency manipulation and related practices.

I am very worried about what happens when the interests of American workers and businesses... are put at odds with the business interests of our President or his family.

I have a saying that, as we talk about trade, we should export our products, not our jobs.

as Senator Wyden's colloquy comes to an end, I will make a few comments in addition to those of my colleagues, and I very much appreciate all of their work. There are so many different things to talk about as it relates to how healthcare…

If I might lend my voice on this and thank both of my colleagues. Senator Cantwell has been the leader in so many ways on innovation in the healthcare system as we debated next to each other in the Finance Committee on the Affordable Care…

I thank the Senator very much. I will say this briefly and then turn to our colleague from Pennsylvania, who has been such a champion for children. I would say first--again, as I said a moment ago--that, because of Medicaid, because of the…

They're trying to figure out what to do and when the CBO comes out, it's going to show that this cost a lot of money.

I want to speak about the healthcare bill that has been laid out in the House now--introduced in the House of Representatives. I have great concern about the proposal as it relates to the people of Michigan, whom I represent, as well as to…

These programs make a difference in places like Somalia, and it directly reduces the influence of Al Shabaab.

By supporting programs like this, we have an OFDA and Food for Peace emergency program in Somalia.

We never lost sight of the fact that 16 million people--16 million people--have a job in our country because of agriculture and the food industry.

We actually put dollars in there for not just biofuels infrastructure and energy efficiency.