we just heard from the Senator of North Dakota talking about the imperative of ensuring that our borders are secure, particularly at the southern border. We had an opportunity yesterday in the Senate Appropriations Committee to hear from…

we are going to start moving through some of these nominations. My colleague from Alabama has said publicly, hey, bring them up one at a time. And we are asking for a voice vote, so that is a vote. So we are doing what he said, not sure…

just for people who are watching, as to that last nominee for Fifth Fleet Commander, you may have heard there are two carrier strike groups in the Middle East. He is the naval officer who would be in charge of all of them--right there. We…

I am going to bring up another important Lieutenant General. When we talk about mental health and we talk about taking care of our troops--we have got a big suicide problem in our military in Alaska--having the top Surgeon General in the…

let me move on to another service. This is RADM Daniel Cheever, U.S. Navy, to be Vice Admiral and Commander of Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific. One thing that we always think about in the military, when you think 28, 29, 30 years and the…

this one is special to me, since we are doing all the different services: Space Force, Navy, Army, Air Force. This is Maj. Gen. Roger Turner, U.S. Marine Corps, to be Lieutenant General and Commanding General, Third Marine Expeditionary…

I want to thank my colleagues for coming down here tonight. It is a very important issue that we are getting ready to talk about. We are in a very dangerous world right now. Our country is being challenged on multiple fronts across the…

I just want to talk about an issue I just heard about from two officers just today on this issue of readiness, on this issue of maybe this whole episode is creating a ``Fat Leonard'' scandal 2.0 that is like I said earlier when the Navy…

I just want to comment on my colleague here--Joint Forces, Marine Corps-Army operation--but Senator Ernst was talking; she is being very humble. She is such a strong leader on pro- life issues in the Senate and such a strong voice. And I…

we haven't had a marine in a while. I love the Marine Corps. It is not the big service, though, so we haven't had as many marines. I will tell you this: This Colonel, Kelvin Gallman, to be Brigadier General in the U.S. Marine Corps, he…

let's go back to our great U.S. Navy. CAPT Craig Mattingly to be Rear Admiral (lower half) in the U.S. Navy. Let's look at Captain Mattingly's 28-year career. He has led Squadrons on deployments supporting EUCOM, AFRICOM, and CENTCOM…

This next one, I believe, is an empty billet. I am pretty sure. I have to double-check my math here. This is Shoshana Chatfield to be Vice Admiral and U.S. Military Representative to NATO. NATO. There is a lot going on in NATO right now…

we have three more that we are going to do. That will be 61 tonight. And Senator Ernst and I--and I know a lot of our other colleagues want to join us--we are going to keep coming down here. So let me get through these, and then I will…

well, that was another downgrade of readiness for America right there. Madam President, let me go into another very, very impressive military member. We don't talk about this part of our military that much; but, boy, oh boy, is it…

let's go back to the importance--you are seeing some themes here. Navy, certainly. Boy, are we decimating the U.S. Navy. Decimating. Unbelievable. I am just shocked at how many Navy Admirals we are putting on the bench right now. The…

we are going to continue with the U.S. Navy. Again--I just thought of this--the Chinese admirals and their military, they are probably watching this debate right now, going: I can't believe my luck. I can't believe our luck. Maybe we…

here we go, crushing the Navy. Here is another Navy Admiral that we are going to have him sit on the bench. This is kind of remarkable. I mean, we are going to get to about 60 of these tonight. The experience here is unbelievable, but the…

by the way, thank you for presiding tonight. It is important, what we are doing, and we always need people, and all the staff. It is getting a little late here. So we appreciate it. This is important for our country, and maybe we are going…