Kent Conrad: “Madam President, we deeply regret that there has been objection raised. We deeply regret that we are not given the…”

“Madam President, we deeply regret that there has been objection raised. We deeply regret that we are not given the chance to pass legislation which has already passed this body twice before but that has been blocked because the President has threatened a veto and the House has so far gone along with his threat. Again, the Senate has acted twice in overwhelming numbers to pass drought relief. Goodness knows it is needed. I was home just this last weekend. I was all across the northern tier of North Dakota. In every location, farmers came to me, ranchers came to me, and said: Kent, is there not an understanding in Washington what is happening here? Does no one care? If there is no response and if it does not come soon, thousands of us are going to be gone.”