I did not have anything to do with the nomination or the final award selections so I am rather pleased to see that two people from Andalusia received such prestigious awards.

This is not an award that is given out on the basis of a couple of laudatory nomination paragraphs. It is work to earn this award and all these companies, just through the amount of labor they put into preparing their submissions, demonstrate that they are up to the task and worthy of this special acknowledgement.

An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of.

I was honored to recommend Frank Whitney and am very pleased with his nomination.

I would not be pleased with you.

I am pleased to be part of the Congressional Dairy Farmers Caucus. As a senator from the nation's number one dairy state, I know how important dairy issues are to my State and to the nation. I look forward to working with my colleagues on issues important to our dairy farmers as we work on the next Farm Bill.