I have an amendment that would establish a bipartisan Ethics task force to conduct a comprehensive review of the Ethics rules and regulations and report the recommended improvements to the bipartisan leadership.

natural gas is an acceptable transitory transitional energy.

It seems to me that the United States is in bed with Azerbaijan.

You have established that as a fact?

This cannot be another broken promise. And so you have my word--and I am sure I speak for my friend, Mr. Cole, as well--that we are going to continue to work with you.

the program must be subject to meaningful oversight and operate within maximum transparency and accountability for the benefit, the health, and the safety of every cadet.

We have done nothing to verify the videos and the evidence of cluster munitions, of white phosphorus, of--which are illegal.

the JROTC program is instrumental in developing our young people who may be inspired to embark on a life dedicated to military or civilian public service.

September, I sent a letter with my colleagues to Secretaries Blinken and Austin asking them to prevent any U.S. security assistance from going to Azerbaijan until Armenia and Azerbaijan reached a permanent lasting resolution to ensure…

This has been an extraordinarily helpful hearing in clarifying the issues.

Money is fungible. Whether it is direct assistance that can hurt Armenia or not, money is fungible.

You have to recognize when there is an aggressor.

Has the U.S. Government taken steps to assess whether any Azerbaijani units who currently receive or have received in the past U.S. security assistance engaged in recent fighting against Armenia?

I think that this is something we can work on in a bipartisan fashion, in a deliberate timeframe.

And it appears to me that right now all the branches are failing our ROTC programs.

I personally believe we need to find a way to honor our treaty obligations with the Cherokee Nation.

Look, you know, the history of this country is a history of broken promise after broken promise to Native American communities.

our highest priority across the board for all of our members, both sides of the aisle, has been the health and safety of our sons and daughters in uniform.