Political Quotes

“I, too, would like to come to the floor and thank my colleagues from the Upper Midwest for their great work on this legislation, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022. Our colleagues from the Upper Midwest know how important agriculture products are, and they know how important it is for them to reach their destination. As Senator Thune was the previous chair of the Commerce Committee, he knows all too well about how products can get boxed out because of other products on the rails. My colleague from Minnesota knows all too importantly about exports and has been a big supporter of our export economy in general and represents a State that is very robust on the global economy. So her leadership on a very tough issue has been very, very appreciated. I would like to thank, from the Commerce Committee staff, a variety of people, and from Senator Wicker's staff and from Senator Thune's. A lot of people worked on this: Nicki Teutschel, Alexis Gutierrez, Dave Stewart, Grace Bloom, Charles Vickery, Eric Vryheid, Michael Davisson, Matt Filpi, and Megan Thompson. From Senator Wicker's staff: Andrew Neely, Fern Gibbons, Brendan Gavin, Paul Wasik, Kyle Fields. And from Senator Klobuchar's staff: Obviously Baz Selassie--couldn't have done it without all of his hard work. He is really the guy behind this. And Senator Thune's staff: Chance Costello. And certainly Rob Hickman from Senator Schumer's staff.…”