Political Quotes

“I thank the Senate's majority whip for all of the work he has done. Again, he works for farmers day in and day out. He comes from South Dakota, which is a strong farming and big ranching State. He was instrumental in this effort, not only by his joining us last week in the colloquy but then by engaging in the negotiations as part of our leadership time, along with our majority leader, who held fast on this. I have to tell you that, as we negotiated back and forth with the House, our leadership--Senator McConnell, Senator Thune, and others-- held strong in saying: No, this is something that must be in the continuing resolution. Also, the administration--the President and the White House--was involved in this negotiation and held fast on this as well. This is one of the last pieces of the puzzle to come into place, but it is so very important that we have gotten it. As I say, we had seven Senators down on the floor last week who were talking about it, and those seven Senators were led by our Ag chairman, and I will I ask him to make a few comments as well. Again, let me thank those other Senators who have joined and will join us--Senator Thune, from whom you just heard; Senator Boozman, from whom you will hear in just a minute; Senator Ernst, of Iowa; Senator Fischer, of Nebraska; and Senator Hyde-Smith, of Mississippi. All have strong ag backgrounds. I mean, they are people who not only work on behalf of agriculture but who are involved in agriculture.…”