They will do what they can get away with, and they target our threshold of tolerance and try to get just below what they think we'll tolerate.

Thank you very much. This Senate Armed Services Subcommittee hearing on Seapower will come to order.

I would stress to you that this SHIPS Act is a bipartisan bill unanimously endorsed by every member of the Seapower Subcommittee.

We are doing our part to the fullest in this subcommittee, and we seek to send a strong signal to everyone else that's listening, including our colleagues.

This was a scandalous, outrageous act on the part of Vladimir Putin's Russia.

I too agree. This is a profoundly important hearing.

This effort requires diplomacy and relationship building, neither of which have been a strong suit of the Trump administration thus far.

It is therefore incumbent upon the United States to continue to enhance our capacity to identify those who have traveled to Iraq and Syria for terrorist purposes and support our partners' capacity to do the same.

Ensuring that the Corps has adequate funding to meet its responsibilities is a high priority of mine.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate recess until 4:20 p.m. today and that following the recess, Senator Wyden or his designee be recognized for up to 60 minutes. There being no objection, the Senate, at 3:36 p.m., recessed until 4:20…

I am concerned that the 22 percent funding cut proposed for NIH could negatively affect longstanding research endeavors.

Mr. Chairman, let me join you in congratulating our panel here and the participation you're bringing to this challenge.

My legislation sends a positive message to the DHS workforce that their contributions to the DHS mission are valued and they have not been forgotten as they endure new stresses and challenges under the Trump administration. My legislation…

before beginning my remarks about the requirement for a larger Navy, I do want to extend my deepest condolences to the loved ones of those who lost their lives aboard the USS Fitzgerald recently. During Saturday morning's early hours, the…

I would be delighted. Mr. President, I yield to the distinguished majority leader. Mr. McCONNELL. I thank the Senator. ____________________

let's talk about the size of our Navy's fleet. The current fleet has 276 ships, but the Navy's requirement is now for 355 ships--a figure supported by congressionally mandated future fleet architecture studies. Last week, I spoke on the…

Any direct infrastructure spending Congress approves should be targeted exclusively to the few remaining census tracts, mostly rural and tribal, where there is currently no competitive broadband service.

Today we will examine the Universal Service Fund and its impact on broadband investment in rural America.