Mike Rounds: “I believe Jay will do great work in this role.”

What we can and should do right now is explore suspending the federal gas tax through the end of the year to give Americans immediate relief.

We do not have a line-item veto available to the president, [and] this is almost the same thing.

The suggestion that they bring in 300,000 metric tons of beef is not a popular program. They feel just like the administration pulled the rug right out from underneath a lot of our farmers and ranchers.

Until then, we’ll keep the pressure on and continue to fight for a return to service standards that not only meet but exceed expectations.