Let me translate what I think you are saying. When you say link them to that next level, are you talking about farm cooperatives and value added to the fundamental agricultural products?

There is nothing about starvation in the world or human suffering that should ever be a partisan issue.

I do think that the international community needs to respond vociferously to discourage other dictators from deciding to take action against unpopular groups.

Can you detail how the program, our program Feed the Future, fits into that vision?

Again, I go back to the fact that our most precious resource is the blood of the men and women who serve. When we can get others to go and share the burden, then we reduce the need to send our sons and daughters.

This is also a security issue. You have 700,000 people, including many young men who have seen their spouses raped, their daughters raped, they have been shot at, they are ripe for recruitment by international terrorist operations.

We know that food-secure countries are less likely to suffer from national, regional, or international instability.

I certainly encourage that, and as we have transition in our foreign policy leadership, I think it is an opportunity for the United States to consider how we might amplify our strategy.

There is no room in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is about half the size of Oregon, and Oregon has 4 million people living in it.

That certainly gets kids launched into life and supports the mothers, and thank you for the tremendous work that CARE is doing.

the first three words of our Constitution are, ``We the People.'' This is the mission statement of the United States of America. Our government was set up not to create a government by and for the powerful and the privileged but by and for…

I ask unanimous consent that my intern, Arif Hasan, be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Buy America is not mentioned at all in your infrastructure proposal.

I ask unanimous consent that my intern Jonah Harris be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

let's turn to another attack on workers. Our entire Constitution had a theme, had a mission statement, and that mission statement was ``we the people,'' government of, by, and for the people. My colleagues might be surprised to discover…

we heard a whole lot about the tax bill the Republicans passed, and it basically works like this: We borrow $1.5 trillion from our children and we give that money to the richest Americans. And then when there is a little bit of help for…

They consider it a bit of a farce to put in a tiny bit of money and then claim credit for the entire thing.

I do think that is the right thing for this country to do.

We are cutting $280 billion for infrastructure here and adding $200 billion over here.

Unless it is in the legislation issuing these grants, it will not actually be compelling.

I am not persuaded by it. It appears to me we are not making the type of commitment we are pretending to make.

our Constitution begins with three very simple and very powerful words: ``We the People.'' It is the mission statement for our Nation, for our Constitution. It is a vision in which decisions are made of, by, and for the people, not for the…

I ask unanimous consent that my intern, Amanda Power, be granted privileges of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

we hear a lot in this Chamber about family values. We hear from Democrats and we hear from Republicans about the need to support and improve the strength of families across our Nation. What are the things that really do provide the…

I appreciate that Senator Cantwell organized this time for a group of us to come to the floor to speak about this disastrous, insane plan to drill throughout 90 percent of our coastal shelf. This, the Interior Secretary tells us, is part…