senator hoeven. >> mr. chairman, i'd like to call up amendment hoeven one. what this does is it amends the amount of the fsa loan guarantee, which is currently $1.39 million, and it increases it to $2.5 million. and it increases the direct loan from $300,000 to $600,000. now, the reason that we use -- that we're changing it to those amounts is because that's what both the commodity groups and the financial institutions have asked for based on the needs of our farmers and ranchers at this time. and so, i also have included another amendment, hoeven ten, which is one that i'd worked with senator klobuchar on as well. that's at $1.75 million, which is what the house passed. so, i'd like the committee to consider the $2.5 million, because then we're going to end up with something more than the 1.75. right now, you can get almost 1.4, so at 1.75, you're really not increasing it much. and again, i didn't pull these amounts out of the air. this is what the following groups have asked for. it includes almost all th

i just want to tnk senator hoeven for all his hard work. mr. hoeven: would the senator yield? ms. stabenow: i'd be happy to. mr. hoeven: i'd like to thank our ranking member. this is truly a bipartisan bill we brought out of committee through the hard work and good leadership of both of our chairman and ranking member, and so i appreciate all your diligent, good efforts on the bill. thank you. the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: mr. president, i understand the senate is not in a quorum, is that correct? the presiding officer: the senate is not in a quorum call. mr. thune: mr. president, agriculture is the lifeblood of my state of south dakota. more than 43 million of our state's roughly 50 million acres are given over to farming and ranching. in fact, cattle actually outnumber people in south dakota. we have more than four times as many cattle as people in our state, which is a pretty good example of just how fundamental ranching is to south dakota life, and we routinely place in the top ten states for production of a number of crops, including so soyb

version it gets moderates the radical populist all progressive if that is who wins the presidency john hoeven al-jazeera i could kill. this is al jazeera these are the top stories the u.n. agency for palestinian refugees is warning its weeks away from cutting emergency assistance because of critically low funding agency says it struggled since the u.s. cut contributions alyea this year more than five million refugees in the middle east rely on the agency for education food and health services. our current shortfall remains now in excess of two hundred fifty million us dollars and we still have a very big task ahead at this point we do not i repeat we do not have the income to ensure that the schools will open on time in august and in the absence of significant new funding we will have to begin taking very difficult measures in july impacting the level of services as well as our staff with the rebels in yemen said the saudi amorality coalition has carried out five airstrikes near the strategic data port the coalition launched an offensive to retake the city from the whole things almost two wee

john hoeven. steve daines. all here. we have on the house of representatives, mike coffman. brian mast. jack bergman. buddy carter. did i introduce you, senator? i hope so. if i did not, i am in trouble. the problem with this, there will be for people that i didn't introduce and they will not speak to me for the rest of my life. they will make sure i suffer. i apologize. jennifer gonzalez colon. peter king. [applause] he comes from new york. thank you, peter. jack bergman. our chair, phil rowe. [applause] what a great job. the was a lot tougher than we thought, right? you would have thought it would be easy, it makes sense. kevin cramer. jim banks. andy barr. claudia tenney. martha mick sally -- martha mcsally. i hear martha is doing very well in the great state of arizona. don bacon. jason lewis. cathy mcmorris rodgers. representative neal dunn. representative elise alton. julia brownley. i assume we have a couple others -- anybody i did not announce? you want to stand? you deserve it. thank you all very much, really, it has been incredible. [applause] finally, i want to th

i note that this amendment also including important language that i worked on with senator hoeven to increase the data we have on borrowers and participation rates. i ask my fellow committee members to join me on this amendment. and, again, our hope is in the end that we will have a compromise. we know how important this is and we went into it with that intention. >> any further debate on the second degree amendment? hearing none, the question is on the adoption of the amendment. all those in favor signify by saying aye. >> aye. >> all opposed say no. the ayes have it. the business before the committee now is the hoeven amendment amended by the second degree amendment by senator klobuchar. all those in favor of that amendment signify by saying aye. >> aye. >> all those opposed no. the ayes have it. are there further amendments to title v? we will take in consideration of this bill that we go back to title xii. or is it title xi. >> i think senator grassley wanted to -- wanted to say something. >> senator grassley, do you wish to say anything with regards to title xii? >> i might not

hoeven: thank you, mr. president. there is a reason we passed the national defense authorization act every year for the past 57 years, and that's because it's vital for the men and women who take responsibility for defending our country. passing the national defense authorization act is one of the most important things that we do in this chamber and i look forward to passing the bill that we have before us out of the senate and getting it through conference and signed into law very soon. i want to start by briefly thanking the bill managers for including a number of my amendments, but one that i will mention that they have added to the managers' package is an amendment that requires the air force and the national nuclear security administration to submit a joint progress report every six months on their efforts to develop a new nuclear cruise capability. this will help ensure that their efforts are sinkized and that we stay on schedule iewm. the nuclear cruise missile is an important part of our deterrent and i'm grea

us --john hoeven joins joe satan joins us -- jones hayden joins us. what is the size and scope of this? jonas: -- jones: it affects 100 billion in debt. it is getting greece back into the debt markets. its final program is about to end. it is going to end in august and the euro area officials wanted to make sure that greece is in place and able to finance its debt in the years to come. really tensen talks about this and the things that greece would need to do in order to make this happen. yesterday in luxembourg they wheeled to put it all together. this is for the euro group and for greece, they are hoping to close the door on what has been a long and arduous chapter in europe's history. agendahat else is on the for this euro group? we are worrying about trade. surely the finance minister will have a lot to think about when it comes to some sort of unified response to trump's tariffs. jones: this is the big story now. we have the finance ministers yesterday and today. next week eu leaders will become together in the next summit to talk about it. today

i truly appreciate it as well as the work that senator hoeven and i did to increase access to credit while having better data for borrowers. in these times of uncertainty in agriculture, we need to work to strengthen the farms in rural communities that sustain us every day, whether it is hemp in kentucky, whether it is hogs in iowa, whether it is sugarbeets an sweet corn in minnesota. this farm bill is about our nation's future and adjusting what is working, a bill that meets the challenges ahead and be sure that we are investing in the farmers and workers in the midwest and not the oil cartels of the middle east. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you, mr. president. before the senate from minnesota concludes, i want to just thank her for her amazing leadership as one of the members on the agriculture committee. she not only made a significant difference as it relates to energy and as she talks about bioenergy and the bio-based economy. she has been a real leader there as well as in conservation as well

the dollar has some senator hoeven value.st all kinds of unknown trade tensions going on. i think that would benefit the dollar. we have the fed meeting coming up. they will probably raise interest rates. just looking into the inflation gauges and these different countries, we have the bank of england. it is coming down to 2.4% inflation. the yen is being dictated by little or no inflation. it is a different sort of data of all of these different there as here area is real sign that inflation is coming back in any major sense? as far as the u.s. goes, that is a big want to talk about. the fed meeting is just upon us. inflation is the fed target. i think there was a big clue to this. after some years of falling below target, it is too early to declare a job done on inflation. i think that it is a similar case for all of these economies. they may progress on inflation. they did not quite enough. that is something, the fed will raise interest rates this week. there are some people raising concerns, the policy is already moving a

senator hoeven. >> thank you, madam chair. more chairman mcintyre, the resiliency discussion is very important. we need to think about the proper balance between baseload and variable energy sources like wind and solar. in january of this year ferc announced it was rejecting the energy department's proposed, proposal to require grid resiliency pricing to incentivize coal and nuclear power plants. .. >> in your view what are the key aspects of resiliency in regard to this question. >> thank you. the status of the project is that the first step to be taken pursuant to our directive and order in january was that the nation's operators of wholesale markets, rgo's and iso's begin with providing us their insight into grid resilience. we took that step because they have oversight of the operations in the geographical area and their observations on the types of effects, resources that can have resiliency consequences. they fulfilled that role and provided other stakeholders to comment. that record is now built and the record is active

hoeven, 2368. perdue, 2380. heller 2392. inhofe 2402. sullivan 2408. nelson 2424. and hoeven 2446. -p inhofe 2449. gardner 2430. collins 2436. young 2463. cruz 2469. nelson 2489. wicker 2503. manchin 2508. the roberts 2513. cotton 2514. udall 2547. stabenow 2537. don fischer 2554. cardin 25262. rubio 2564. reed 2636. schumer 2757. menendez 2683, and smith 2523. mr. corker: mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that the senate be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. corker: mr. president, i had a conversation with senator inhofe and senator reed earlier to talk a little bit about resolving a blue-slip issue. i think many members here are aware that i wan to offer an amendment that deals with our ability to weigh in on tariffs that are put in place under se232 ofhe tra act. national security issues. i think we may have found a resolution to that, but i don't want to offer it right now, then senator inhofe not knowing yet whether there works for him or the committee would hav

package i introduced with my friend, chairman pat roberts, then-senator strange and with senator john hoeven from north dakota in 2017. i want to thank all of them for partnering with me on these efforts. i've also advocated for efforts to ensure farms are provided the tools they need to be good stewards for our environment, to hand off to our children and grandchildren an even safer, betters, stronger planet. this bill would eliminate potential disincentives for voluntary conservation practices like cover crops and support soil health improvement programs. it also allows states to increase cost-sharing for the most impactful conservation practices. soil health and clean water are a passion for many hoosiers, for many hoosier farmers, and this bill helps in those efforts. you need to -- the need to expand market opportunities has also come up with my conversations with farmers. i am fully committed to expanding market opportunities for our ag products. this farm bill would increase opportunities for hoosier farmers through export-promotion programs. i work with my colleagues on proposals to