I applaud President Joe Biden's administration for mandating the Corps aim to design infrastructure projects with 100-year life spans.

We issued an unequivocal warning that Houthi rebels would bear the consequences if their attacks did not cease.

I urge the Committee to allow the Corps to improve research, review standards, and deploy innovative materials and associated techniques for composite material.

I will not hesitate to direct further measures to protect our people, the free flow of international commerce is necessary.

The response to international community to these reckless attacks has been ignited, resolute.

I'm particularly proud of what we accomplished together in WRDA 2022 through the inclusion of major provisions of the Shoreline Health Oversight, Restoration, Resilience, and Enhancement (SHORRE) Act.

I urge the Committee to pass a strong WRDA that meets this moment head-on.

I would also like to echo my support for the importance of better understanding the funding disparity we have seen between coastal and inland projects.

the United States and our partners will not tolerate attacks on our personnel or allow hostile actors to imperil freedom of navigation in one of the worlds most critical commercial routes.

these targeted strikes are supposed to be a clear message that the US and our partners will not tolerate attacks on our personnel and allow hostile actors to imperil Freedom of Navigation.

We also joined more than 40 nations in condemning Houthi threats.

Joe Biden, who goes to church every Sunday. He's won the most devout Catholics we ever have had that we can think of.

in reserving the right to object, I want to thank my colleague, who has joined me here on the floor this evening, for his service to our country. Like him, I was just a pup. I was 17 years old when I raised my right hand and took an oath…

Once again, there are some in his country trying -- trying to turn a loss into a lie, a lie which if allowed to live will once again bring terrible damage to this country. This time, the lie is about the 2020 election.

This is not rhetorical, academic or hypothetical. Whether democracy is still America's sacred cause is the most urgent question of our time. That's what the 2024 election is all about.

The choice is clear. Donald Trump's campaign is about him, not America, not you. Democracy is on the ballot, your freedom is on the ballot.

This is an election about democracy and freedom, and that the choice is clear.

Political violence is never, ever acceptable in the United States political has never, never, never. It has no place in a democracy, none. We can't be pro-insurrectionist and pro-American.