Mr. President, I respect the Senator from Arkansas. In the short time he has been in the Senate, he has been an outstanding leader on very important issues. He is a good Senator. I have watched him over the period of time he has been in…

Mr. President, today, as was just reported, we will vote on the nomination of Len Strand from Iowa. I am very pleased to be here to support him, just as I was here a few days ago to support Judge Ebinger from Iowa, who was unanimously…

Mr. President, this is the opportunity we have been waiting for. I hope it is not objected to. If it is, we will have to take that into consideration and just hold the bill in the Senate. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the…

Mr. President, soon Senator Whitehouse and I will be offering a unanimous consent request. It is in regard to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Reauthorization Act. It has an amendment at the desk. I introduced this measure…

I yield back all time on this side, Mr. President. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Strand nomination?

Thank you for allowing me to introduce to the committee Ms. Swati Dandekar and her husband Arvind Dandekar.

we need leaders that are willing to go on the ground and actually walk through these situations with those business owners.

As you know, the National Commission on the Future of the Army included forward-stationing an armored BCT in Europe.

I am just concerned about rotating those units through Europe instead of permanently standing one up in that region.

I do continue to remain concerned about the lack of capacity and capability provided to EUCOM in order for it to perform its critical mission of defending our Nation and our allies.

I would just urge you to take immediate action to increase our force protection capabilities in the EUCOM AOR.

There is a request to quadruple funding for the European Reassurance Initiative in fiscal year 2017.

It is a travesty that these women, who are pioneers in military aviation, had the honor of having their ashes inurned at Arlington National Cemetery revoked last year.

This exercise successfully demonstrated full spectrum combined amphibious operations and was a powerful reassurance measure to a number of our allies.

I'm disappointed that our Chairman stepped out.

By not signing onto it, we lose the credibility for the very same thing that we are arguing for.

The United States is a beacon, and we are a beacon on a hill.

We are the only major power in the world that has not ratified the U.N. Convention on Law of the Sea.