I thank the ranking member. I want to thank all of our witnesses for your testimony today.

To say it another way, normalizing for inflation and labor cost escalation, this S&T budget has effectively been shrinking for years.

I am concerned that our S&T investments represent an alarmingly small percentage of our overall defense budget...

This S&T ecosystem is charged with delivering the best capabilities to the warfighter in the near, mid and long term.

The subcommittee will come to order. I want to welcome everyone to today's hearing on the fiscal year 2020 President's budget request for the Department of Defense science and technology programs.

Thank you, Ranking Member Stefanik. I want to thank you for your remarks.

We cannot allow our own bureaucracy to constrain the services from acquiring new technologies...

Mr. President, this week the Senate conveyor belt of President Trump's judicial nominees grinds on. So far, the President and the Senate leader have an unprecedented pace in confirming Federal judges, especially powerful Federal appellate…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Federalist Society

Will the Senator yield for a question? The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has expired.

I appreciate the comments of my distinguished chairman on the Environmental Works Committee about carbon capture technology, and I am wondering what part of the carbon emissions problem he thinks carbon capture will solve, because leaders…

I am interested in the other 99 percent. Cloture Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state. The legislative clerk read as follows: Cloture…

Mr. President, I will speak very briefly. Rhode Island is a coastal State, and we are now looking at maps that our coastal agency, the local university, and the scientists at NOAA tell us will create a new face of Rhode Island in the…

The INDOPACOM region remains one of the most natural disaster-prone areas in the world, and I am concerned that our bases and installations in the region may not be appropriately postured for the threat posed by climate change.

How are you ensuring that countering violent extremism activities in your AOR do not perpetuate and aggravate the underlying conditions that so often lead to extremism?

How are you working with the interagency on programs that address the underlying conditions of terrorism?

You and other Administration officials have repeatedly claimed that military action is an option in Venezuela.

I am asking you today whether you will reconsider your position and go back to that past practice and bring greater transparency.