Political Quotes

“I would like to thank the Senator from Arkansas again for his diligence and hard work, and our Ag chairman. I just want to wrap up with some thank-yous, as well, and it starts with our Ag chairman, not only for his leadership on the farm bill but then on making sure we fund these farm programs. I tell you, it has been something that I know Senator Boozman agrees with me on. We have learned a lot from him, and we appreciate it. It has made a real difference for farmers and ranchers across this country. I want to thank, of course, all of the Senators that worked with us on this project--I named them earlier--but our House Members too. We reached out to Members of the House, whether it was the ranking member on the Ag Committee, Representative Conaway, or whether it was Representative Fortenberry. There are many others that reached out and helped as well. I agree. I want to thank our staff, led by Tony Eberhard, my chief, and on the Agriculture side, by Morgan Ulmer and her whole crew, Shannon Hines, and, of course, Richard Shelby, our leader on the Approps side, and somebody whom you worked with for many, many years, Mr. Chairman. It takes all of these people working together. This was really important, not just for the farm bill but for that disaster assistance, the coronavirus food assistance funding that we are providing, as well, which our farmers and ranchers need so very much as we go through this COVID fight. So let me just wrap up.…”