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I appreciate the gentleman's comments. I urge my colleagues to support the amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Messer). The question…
Thank you. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cassidy). The Senator from Utah. Defend Trade Secrets Act
To my colleague, the leader of the Senate, our President pro tempore, I am so honored for you to speak of our fine young men that way. Every citizen of Indiana is grateful. They were an extraordinary group. I met them when I was back home…
I think it is not we are sending policy. There is an administration sending a policy that many times can't be understood.
When there is less presence, there is less influence, there is greater risk.
I think it is very, very dangerous, and I think the American people understand that.
I think that we need to remind the American people that over the last 3 years, certainly in my short tenure in Congress, there really has been a vacuum of foreign policy.
Given the worsening epidemic, it is time for Congress to act once more.
The suicide rate among our military servicemembers and veterans is not just a tragedy; it is a crisis.
Assuming we keep intact our 53-year record of passing the NDAA, this legislation will become law by year's end, but only for military personnel and their families, not for veterans.
Despite the time and effort we, DOD, and VA have put into combating military and veteran suicide, these numbers tell us how much more work we have to do.
I am very pleased that Congress in the most recent legislation on payments to physicians mandated that they remove the Social Security Numbers from the Medicare cards.
Addressing the estimated $385 billion net tax gap will require strategies on multiple fronts, and one of those you say is tax code complexity.
I am disappointed we have not been able to get there, even though there is really an understanding of the problem and a commitment to do something about it.
I do a waste, fraud, and abuse speech on the floor every week to point out some of the money that we could save the taxpayer.
I think this is one of the more instructive, constructive hearings that we have had on this Committee.
The results from the Gallup-Purdue Index ought to give all of us pause in terms of how we can provide better value for the cost that is being endured by students and their parents.
I think the question relative to the macro issue here of our ever plunging into more and more national debt is going to have significant consequences not only in our education system, but just about everything that we do here.