I have two unanimous consent requests to get into the record.

RVP parity and the sale of E15 year-round is a no cost solution that will expand a domestic market for farmers.

Yesterday Facebook was rapid to not only say there's an outside entity, we're not saying it's Russia, it looks like it is, but here's the images they're putting out.

I do believe that it is important for the American people to hear clear and consistent messages from our leadership that Russia and Vladimir Putin are an adversary and a threat to our Nation.

Hypersonic is the big thing that's coming into the Defense system because it's a system that operates at five times the speed of sound.

I think we all understand and agree with that, but how effectively could we try to accomplish that?

I've been watching and this does change with Administrations. We went through an Administration, eight years of the Obama Administration that, even in all fairness, really didn't have the priority on national defense that a lot of us…

Artillery is measured by rapid-fire and range and actually Russia and China are ahead of us in both areas.

Well, actually, if you use Amazon you are using the Postal Service.

I know. It is so fun, is it not?

I have no doubt in my mind that we'll do everything necessary to get him confirmed.

I could care less about that...

I know this guy really well, and it's kind of my pleasure to introduce him.

They want those to be fixed, but they're still looking for the new places, more places they can take their product.

You inherited a mess on trade worldwide, and there are a lot of issues that are happening, but they all need to be cleaned up.

The target goal is how to get some of these resolved long term so that we can go start fighting for the new places and the new countries to be able to do business and be on offense again.

It's so extreme at $800 billion that we just can't nibble around the edges, we have to change, and particularly with respect to China, where it's $375 billion.

I want to thank Senator Lankford in his role as the Chairman of my Appropriations Subcommittee.