And so, basically, we're making a lot of progress,

We are very proud of the academic progress we've made. I feel our program is as competitive both academically and athletically as any in the nation. We have gone to seven straight bowl games and our APR score ranks in the top 10 in the nation. That's a great accomplishment by our team and our staff.

In most respects, we think he's making progress.

He suffered some collapse of one of his lungs. And we're trying to reopen that and there's good progress there.

I'm hopeful through the debate on this nominee, and the next Supreme Court nomination, we can avoid the destructive partisanship that approached the brink of absolutism in ideology,

especially with the high cost of energy already an enormous burden for our farmers and ranchers.