mr. tuberville: i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to legislative session. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to executive calendar 121. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, equal employment opportunity commission, joslin samuels of maryland to be a member. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of executive calendar number 121, jocelyn samuels of maryland to be a member of the equal employment opportunity commission sign

mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. as we go back and forth here to vote, hopefully everyone who is with us at the moment has voted on the first vote. senator tuberville. >> back in alabama cattle -- genetics of your herd is a compelling experience. alabama is home to thousands of small cap cow producers and i'm curious to know how these agreements can benefit those in my state. can you elaborate? >> senator, i would first thank you for the question. but i would stress that these amas that we have developed are actually the very best for the small producer that have allowed them to take their genetics and take their managements and being able to have that market access for those superior cattle and for the superior management. so i think we have to look at the marketplace and we have to look at where do we fit into that marketplace and how do we go forward a demand-driven market. i agree with much that's been said. the challenge for everybody, whether you're producer or processor is how are you profitable. if you look back in history, 100 years ago we had lots more processors and the blunt truth of the matter why they are not here today is they were n

mr. chairman. >> thank you very much. as a go back and forth here to vote. hopefully everyone who is with us at the moment has voted on the first vote. senator tuberville. >> thank you, madam chair. thanks for being here today. back in alabama cattle production represents $2.5 billion industry, so i'm thankful we're having this today, because we got a lot of our farmers and cattle growers in serious trouble. start with mr. gardiner. mr. gardiner, you are experienced using alternative marketing agreements to cognitive investment your family as they to improve the genetics of your heard is a compelling experience. alabama is home to thousands of small cow-calf producers and interest to know how these agreements can benefit producers like those in my state. can you elaborate? >> yes, sir. senator, i would first thank you for the question but i would stress that these anas that we have developed are actually very best for the small producer. that allow them to take the genetics and take their management and being able to have that market access for those of your cattle and for those superior management. sigh think where to look at the marketplace and went

mr. tuberville: thank you. you know, there's an old saying that i've used quite often, but it bears repeating. give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. you teach a man how to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. it's a simple yet insightful concept. human beings often like things to be easy. it's just in our nature, but the reward for easy is very short-lived. sometimes if you don't earn it, you don'tunderstand it. if we work hard and challenge ourselves to improve, we reap the benefits for much longer. that is the american way. i tell this -- i'd tell this to my players over the years that i coached, but lessons learned that are applied to the football field also apply in life. you know, this country owes you one thing, an opportunity. sometimes people just don't -- just need to be shown where that opportunity's at and encouraged to take it. and that's what everyone in this body should be focused on doing, opening doors for opportunity for the people of this country. president biden seems determined to clo

mr. tuberville: madam president, i'm starting to feel a little bit like a broken record. i'm here on the floor again to echo the concerns of my constituents and so many folks across our great country. people across the country are cautiously checking their bank accounts and they are looking at the price of milk and bread and things that they have to buy every day. they're driving out of the way to see which gas stations even have gas, and when they do find that, they're looking for the lowest price. just as we're starting to come out of the pandemic, prices are starting to rise and our dollar isn't going as far. why? because democrats want to spend their way out of a pandemic, and it really makes no sense. they're throwing trillions around like it's monopoly money. it's not targeted to those who need it most, but it's on policy items that only appease their base, far left, not even a majority of their party. they're flooding the zone with borrowed money like a credit card with no limit. they've done it with stimulus package early in the year, and it was disguised as a cov

mr. tuberville: thank you. mr. president, members of the senate were all home last week for two weeks during our state work periods. it was a good time to get back, get back to reality as i call it because we all know here in washington people aren't always operating in reality. if we were, we wouldn't be seeing some of the policies that's coming out as we speak. these state work periods are a great time to hear directly from the people we represent, and that's who we work for. what we care about, and how they're affected by what is happening here in our nation's capital. and this is what folks back in alabama were talking about. they're talking about small businesses, can't find people to work because the government's paying more employment benefits than folks make on the job. and that's understandable. we've got to understand that and we've got to understand the problem and how we reblght identify that -- how we rectify that problem. but we need workers in the state of alabama in the worst way. almost in every bu