we don't do anybody any favors, on either side of the aisle, by talking about something that may not be achievable

I think our instincts are going to be proven to be right, and then I do think we--there is probably a convening with the mobile carriers, and with the app stores, and all the rest of it, and the autos to try to figure out what we can do to…

if we are really serious about climate action, we have to be really serious about climate action

I am counting on you to help to do that.

I agree. We should get on with it, and we should start with Republicans not boycotting the numerous times that, Mr. Chairman, you have called on us to do our jobs on this Committee.

And for all the time that I have been here, Republicans have been trying to defund Planned Parenthood.

I think these kinds of outreach efforts are really important, because just saying that it is important, if we do not put in process and ways that we are going to do that it just does not happen.

Yes. I suggest that we all do our jobs.

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. (Ms. HIRONO assumed the Chair.)

This is a Hawaii-specific question. We don't have a halfway house in Hawaii, since October of 2019.

And coming from a person who exonerated Donald Trump for extorting Zelenskyy for withholding lethal aid. They withheld legal aid until -- unless Zelenskyy would release false smears against Joe Biden`s son.

He is blocking the staffing of the senior leadership at the Department of Defense. And this comes from a guy who raised his fist in solidarity with the insurrectionists. And this comes from a guy who before the Russian invasion suggested…

Is there an objection? Does he object or not? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Regular order has been called. Is there objection?

I am asking, will the Senator yield. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri has the floor.

What Senator Hawley wants is an excuse to go through his litany of criticisms of the Biden administration. And the truth is that every Senator has that right without blocking the logistics guy from the Department of Defense. He could have…

He’s saying it’s going too slow. He voted no. We voted no on Ukraine aid. And now he has the gall to say it’s going too slow.

I am here today to speak in support of the nomination and confirmation of Christopher Lowman to be the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment. We are in a fight for the free world and that requires maintaining a robust military…

I will not yield. Mr. Lowman is well-qualified for this job, and no one is disputing that. He is a Marine Corps veteran who spent nearly four decades working for the Army. He has the exact expertise necessary to help support our logistics…