I am the last Vietnam veteran serving in the U.S. Senate.

For his efforts in the Vietnam war and I think for his service here in the United States, when John Kerry was nominated to be Secretary of State, he was actually confirmed.

We literally served in a war with Vietnam and later on, years later, in a bipartisan way for a Republican President, worked to normalize relations.

If the two of you are not doing that, please do, please do before we go through another hearing like this, all right?

We literally served in a war with Vietnam and later on, years later, in a bipartisan way for a Republican President, worked to normalize relations.

Today, Vietnam and the United States enjoy some of the closest relations, not just trade relations, but actually defense related relations, standing up to China.

I am the last Vietnam veteran serving in the U.S. Senate.

If the two of you are not doing that, please do, please do before we go through another hearing like this, all right?

EPA's mission is to protect public health and the environment. However, protecting public health and the environment also protects and helps our economy to grow.

Thank you for bringing your expertise and knowledge from a previous part of your life to this body.

Let me say that again: Reduced mercury and other air toxic emissions by nearly 90 percent at a quarter of the estimated cost.

I want to make another unanimous consent request, if I could. I ask unanimous consent to submit into the record a letter from a major utility's trade and labor organization into the record, a letter from a major utility trade and labor…