Our beef exports have been subject to unwarranted restrictions in some of these important Asian markets, notably China and Japan.

Our hearing today is an opportunity to highlight the American success story, that is, our Nation's growing agricultural exports and the jobs that they support here at home.

China is today the largest export market for U.S. agriculture, with agricultural exports to China totaling nearly $20 billion and supporting 160,000 American jobs.

America cannot continue to lead the world in high-quality agricultural exports unless we continue to open new markets in Asia.

I do want to welcome Paul Casper to the committee today and thank him for his willingness to make some comments.

I think that a lot of times Americans do not always appreciate how important export markets are to job creation here at home.

very soon the Senate is going to be voting on whether to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to Paying a Fair Share Act of 2012, to enact the so-called Buffett rule. It is ironic that we would be debating that subject right now because…

It certainly is. As the Senator from Wyoming mentioned, the huge majority of businesses around this country--and especially small businesses such as those he and I represent in Wyoming and South Dakota--are enormously concerned about what…

Well, I would say to my colleague from Arizona, he always has a way with words when it comes to describing the strange meanderings of the process here in Washington, but it is. Unfortunately, all those groups that had access to the process…

Then, of course, there is even the Governor of a State such as California, which I will submit for the Record. But the point is, there are lots of promises made that haven't been kept with this legislation. I yield the floor. The ACTING…

The combination of those things is only going to cost jobs. I yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Iowa. ____________________

I would say to my colleague from Mississippi that one of the areas where jobs may be created is in the Federal Government because it is going to take an awful lot of Federal bureaucrats to oversee and lots of new IRS agents to implement…

It would be, and, by the way, we have that amendment and would be happy to offer it. We tried to call up the bill, but it was objected to by the Democrats. The thing about bad ideas around here is that they tend to come back. This idea…

I echo what the Senator from Arizona said about the CLASS Act. He was here, as was I and many others, debating this bill and saying this was a program destined to be bankrupt. In fact, if we look at the independent Actuary, he was saying…

What's causing the delay there?

the potential for the regional industry--we think there's a potential it would be very difficult.

we want to make sure we have the most highly qualified pilots flying in the flight decks of our aircraft

I say to my friend, I believe sincerely-- and I think he does--that we need a real all-of-the-above strategy. We ought to be developing all forms of American energy, homegrown energy, domestic energy. I appreciate it when the President of…

I yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Delaware is recognized.

I do appreciate the opportunity to join with my colleague, Senator Moran from Kansas, to speak in support of the bill that is before us, H.R. 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups, or JOBS Act. The JOBS Act is a bipartisan bill that…

This is an example of where public policy directly influences economic outcome. There is no way you cannot argue that more supply would lead to lower prices at the pump. For sure, more domestic supply would lead to more American jobs. That…

I appreciate the Senator's legislation. I hope it is acted on. It is a rare day indeed when you have legislation that has bipartisan support, and in the case of the JOBS bills, also supported by the White House. That is a tremendous rarity…

I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my colleague from Kansas, Senator Moran. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

We have a long ways to go to get Russia up to the standards they need to meet.

I want to make sure that we get a farm bill put in place that ensures we have a good economic safety net.