Mr. President, I thank the Chair and thank the Senator from Connecticut for yielding the remainder of his time. I understand he has an hour under his control, and I intend to take the full measure of the hour that is left, first speaking…

Madam President, I know that under the previous arrangement, the Senator from Massachusetts will be giving his farewell remarks. I would like to speak for the next 4 minutes prior to him coming to the floor. I spoke on the floor earlier…

Mr. President, I come to the floor today to speak on an issue that is of great importance to my home State of Louisiana: disaster recovery from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita of 2005 and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike of 2008. Almost 5 years after…

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 48, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.'' ____________________

I hope that our effort is all about seeing the words 'made in America.'

that re-review should sure as heck be based on sound science and not some New York Times article.

Mr. Speaker, my Republican colleagues and I were pleased to meet with the President last week about the many problems facing our Nation, the most important being that folks across the country are without jobs. We can no longer pretend that…

I think the answer is exactly what Senator Inhofe and others have been saying--sound science, complete focus on, complete reliance on, sound science above all else.

I find this troubling because it seems that Russia is adamant that this concession was provided in the negotiations.

Do you think that an additional missile field on the U.S. east coast would provide more protection from long-range threats to address a coverage gap?

Senator Vitter. Admiral Olson and General Petraeus, as CENTCOM and SOCOM commanders, please provide your assessment of the evolving and growing relationship between DOD and non-military stakeholders such as the DOS and USAID.

I want to again express my deep appreciation that the Air Force chose to locate Global Strike Command (AFGSC) at Barksdale AFB in Louisiana.

General Schwartz, last month you stated that our space and cyberspace missions are at risk.

Secretary Donley, I understand that the Air Force has decided to wait until the conclusion of a Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) follow-on and the Nuclear Posture Review to make a final decision on whether or not to execute the…

MEADS was designed to upgrade the capabilities of the U.S., German, and Italian Air and Missile Defense systems.

Secretary McHugh, why has the MEADS program not been scrutinized under Nunn-McCurdy?

If you terminate the F136 engine, you will have a $100 billion sole source program on the engines for the JSF.

Congress has been very clear in its support of the F136 competitive engine for the JSF for about 15 years.