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American farm communities need stability and predictability, and they need it urgently. The time has come to deliver. The farm bill is too important a subject to keep our farmers and their families waiting.

All week, I’ve highlighted some of the ways the farm bill will support the family farmers whose harvest feeds America and supplies the world. It’s an understatement to say this bill comes at an opportune time.

I’m confident Chairman Grassley will capably lead the Judiciary Committee through the confirmation process that lies before us.

As I stated yesterday, the Senate stands ready to fulfill our constitutional role by offering advice and consent on @POTUS' nominee to fill the #SCOTUS vacancy that Justice Kennedy’s retirement will create.

If you pick up a local paper in almost any state from Montana to Florida, you’ll find that Americans are paying less to keep the lights on. Tax reform is helping millions of families with the monthly bills.

Despite warnings from our Democratic colleagues that tax reform savings would never reach consumers, utilities across America are already making that happen.

Let’s address farmers’ immediate needs. Let’s give them new tools to help secure their future. The farm bill before us is a prime example of the good that can come when we work together. I look forward to the Senate passing it for America’s farm families.

The Senate stands ready to fulfill its constitutional role by offering advice and consent on @POTUS @realDonaldTrump’s nominee to fill this vacancy. We will vote to confirm Justice Kennedy’s successor this fall.

I want to express gratitude for the extraordinary service that Justice Kennedy has offered our nation. We owe him a debt of thanks for his ardent defense of the First Amendment right to political speech. #SCOTUS

The success of tax reform might come as a surprise to the Democrats who opposed it at every turn. But it certainly doesn’t surprise those of us who listened to the American people, and delivered.

We’ve seen that tax reform is well-suited to the needs of young Americans on the first rungs of the economic ladder, whose employers can now offer more help with continuing education.

In six short months, we’ve seen that tax reform is well-suited to the needs of the millions of American workers who’ve already pocketed thousand-dollar bonuses to put toward grocery bills and summer camp costs.

In December, the Democratic Leader said on the Senate floor that there’s nothing about tax reform that’s “suited to the needs of the American worker.” Republicans knew better.

From top to bottom, this farm bill takes serious steps to ensure the future of American agriculture -- for the sake of our farmers, our rural communities, and the entire country.

Farm families across America face uncertainty: Natural disasters, from droughts to floods, volatile world markets, and falling commodity prices.

As the proud senior senator from Kentucky, I know how important the farm bill is to agricultural communities in my home state and around the nation.