Roy Blunt: “These have been good times for agriculture, but also challenging times for agriculture.”

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from…

We request this subcommittee preserve CDC's global measles control activities for fiscal year 2020 at $50 million.

I know we have a vote coming up. I have brief remarks, and I ask unanimous consent to complete them before the vote starts. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

when I gave my first speech on the Senate floor 12 years ago or when I cast my first vote in the House 26 years ago, I had really no way to anticipate the challenges and opportunities that were ahead of us. I come to the floor today…