On the recordApril 5, 2017
I thank my friend, Congressman Adrian Smith, for yielding, and I thank him, more importantly, for honoring the life and memory of our mutual good friend Clayton Yeutter. In my desk in my office there is a letter, and it was written to me by Clayton Yeutter, former Secretary of Agriculture, a couple of years ago. Of course, we all receive a lot of letters, but sometimes you get one that you just want to keep close to you. Clayton Yeutter was a gentleman, he was a farmer from Nebraska, and he was a true statesman. In that letter, he basically kindly and gently encouraged me in public service. He was the ideal public servant. He expressed his sentiments to me personally, but in his public life, with a great nobility, a great yearning and care for our country, he committed himself in multiple ways to serving our institutions of governance. But he never forgot his humble roots back in Nebraska. So I simply want to say: Well done, good, faithful servant Clayton Yeutter, my friend. I thank the gentleman for honoring Ambassador Yeutter's life.
