Thank you to you and to him for working and facilitating an extension of the farm bill.

It has been remarkable just the progress we have already made in precision agriculture.

I think it is very important to take a tech-neutral approach with respect to broadband deployment.

I do think that the United States needs to stay in a lead role.

There are tens of billions of dollars available, and yet I met last week, or the week before, with our independent telephone co-ops in South Dakota, and not a single one was applying for any of that money, partly because of all the…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: The Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Hagerty), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Kennedy), the Senator from Oklahoma…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Marshall), the Senator from…

as I have said before, when it comes to the actions of government, it is often legislation that grabs the biggest headlines. But it is equally important to focus on what a Presidential administration is doing with its regulatory…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). Further, if present and…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Cramer), the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), and the Senator from…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 48, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 303 Leg.] YEAS--50 Barrasso…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 54, nays 44, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 302 Ex.] YEAS--54 Baldwin Bennet…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The yeas andnays resulted--yeas 51, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 300 Ex.] YEAS--51 Baldwin Bennet…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The result was announced--yeas 51, nays 48, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 299 Ex.] YEAS--51 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Butler Cantwell…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 304 Ex.] YEAS--52 Baldwin Bennet…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Iowa (Ms. Ernst) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Baldwin). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result…

engraved on a wall at the Korean Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, are these words: ``Freedom is not free.'' ``Freedom is not free.'' It is a stark reminder that our freedom has come at a cost; that it has been bought and paid for in…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Alabama (Mrs. Britt) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 296 Ex.] YEAS--52 Baldwin…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Alabama (Mrs. Britt), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 46, as follows…

we have had no shortage of reminders in the last couple of years that we continue to live in a dangerous world. Vladimir Putin's war of aggression in Ukraine, increased Chinese belligerence, and Hamas's October 7 attack, enabled by Iran…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Alabama (Mrs. Britt) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 297 Ex.] YEAS--52 Baldwin…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Alabama (Mrs. Britt) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 50, nays 47, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 294 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Alabama (Mrs. Britt) and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). The result was announced--yeas 62, nays 36, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 293 Ex.] YEAS--62 Baldwin…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Alabama (Mrs. Britt), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Scott), and the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott). Further, if present and voting: the Senator from Florida (Mr…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from Alabama (Mrs. Britt), the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven), the Senator from Idaho (Mr…