I absolutely support crop insurance. It is the essential component for risk management.

Mr. President, let me assure the Senator from New York that I am willing to listen to his stories about how people might be affected by the health care debate that is going on in the Congress right now if he will listen to some of the…

We don't even know if they have tapes yet.

Every circumstance is very, very different, and making sure it is not one size fits all, I think is really important.

Mr. President, I intend to object to any unanimous consent request at the present time relating to the nomination of Courtney Elwood of Virginia to be the general counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency. I will object because the CIA…

Mr. President, I want to take this opportunity to remind my colleagues that April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. We commemorate it each year to bring public awareness to the staggering problem of sexual violence. Tens of…

We do have to continue pushing this issue.

I think we would all appreciate a little more flexibility and efficiency.

Hopefully that cook would be making more if I'm eating that food.

I do think there's a lot of talent out there and a lot of weight upon the shoulders of some of our senior enlisted members.

Our current pay structure provides no financial incentive for our senior enlisted members to lead at the highest levels outside of the Joint Staff.

I think it's great that we have that discussion.

Well, this is a great discussion, so thank you to the panelists for being here today, I appreciate it.

I appreciate that. And what we would like to see, of course, is a much more efficient process going through that and hopefully, then, less costly, as well, to do those projects.

So I think that is a disparity that we need to take a look at and reward those that want to stay and take on greater levels of responsibility.

Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. =========================== NOTE =========================== On page S2681, May 2, 2017, in the third column, the following appears: Mr. President…

Mr. President, I think I have 15 minutes to speak. When I get to about 13 minutes, would you raise your thumb or something and tell me, please. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair certainly will.

Mr. President, on April 26 of each year, we celebrate World Intellectual Property Day and recognize the important role of intellectual property rights in the fabric of our society. This year, we take time to recognize the innovators and…