Senator Pat Roberts Farwell Speech

Kansas Republican Senator Pat Roberts delivers farewell remarks on the Senate floor. Senator Roberts, who replaced Nancy Kassebaum in January 1997, chose not to seek reelection. In his speech, he reflects on his legislative accomplishments, including his partnership with Michigan Democratic Senator Debbie Stabenow on Farm Bill legislation in 2018. “We not only agreed to work together, we gave staff marching orders to do the same. We also became friends. I protected her. She protected me… And we got 87 votes, setting the record for a farm bill,” Roberts says. close