John Hoeven: “I am here and am pleased to join my colleague from the State of New Mexico. I thank him for his leadership on the Ag…”

“I am here and am pleased to join my colleague from the State of New Mexico. I thank him for his leadership on the Ag Appropriations Committee and join him in urging support for our legislation. It did pass the full Appropriations Committee. I see that our Appropriations chair is here, and I want to thank her for her work as well. But it did pass our full Appropriations Committee unanimously. You know, we like to see that bipartisanship, but I think it says a lot that it came through the full Approps Committee with a unanimous ``do pass'' vote. I just want to talk a little bit about the bill and how important it is that we are returning to regular order. I think that is incredibly important. Our objective here is not just to pass the bill but to do it through regular order, meaning an open amendment process. I think that is something that our Members have very much wanted, and that is something we are working very hard to achieve. Like the Senator from New Mexico, I want to thank his staff, Dianne Nellor, Rachel Erlebacher, and Hannah Chauvin, for their work. We appreciate working with them. And, of course, my crew, Morgan Ulmer and Patrick Carroll, who worked very diligently, worked well together to craft the bill. I want to express my appreciation as well to Senator Heinrich. As he detailed, this bill represents careful consideration of many important programs that are included in the Ag appropriations bill.…”