Jim Inhofe: “we have been pleading with our colleagues to bring amendments down. Will the Senator, in the event an amendment comes to…”

I think John Thune did a good job of explaining what a cow tax would do and who that would affect.

a free-market approach to conservation. These areas can be developed, but Federal taxpayers do not underwrite the investments.

I really believe that we have an opportunity to yield to the pressures that are out there on overregulation.

I ask unanimous consent that I be recognized for as much time as I shall consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Farewell to the Senate