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I voted for the JCPOA but it was based upon an understanding and expectation that it would be scrupulously enforced.

It is ironic in the extreme that we are the people that invented Facebook and Twitter and all of those things, and we are losing on that front.

In my view, there are two fronts to the war with ISIS. One is military. The other is ideas.

It is preposterous that we do not have more significant icebreaker capacity, particularly given what is happening in the Arctic.

My concern is that other nations are going through that process, making claims, and we are standing on the sidelines.

I think literally a structure that builds competition and contrarianism into the system might be salutary.

We are also fighting an idea. And I think if there is any gap in the--well, there are several gaps, but one of the serious gaps is the clash of ideas gap.

I love the idea of a red team in the Pentagon or perhaps in the National Security Council whose job it is to contest the conventional wisdom.

Is real policy not made in the White House these days?

Consensus is the enemy. You cannot adapt if you have a consensus-based process

If you have a large, cumbersome, slow structure, you will have cumbersome, slow, consensus-driven, and ultimately unsatisfactory policy or strategy

It's clear that you can't arrest your way out of this problem, and yet it's law enforcement that is having to deal with it in many cases.

It's so important that our committee is examining this serious public health crisis, and I want to commend our leaders for doing so.

I look forward to supporting your efforts on the floor today.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 45, line 8, insert ``(which may not be required to be for a period longer than one year)'' after…

The tendency of any bureaucracy is, A, to say no and, B, to grow.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:53 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, November 19, 2015, at 10…

I want to assure the Senator from Mississippi that for germane amendments, regular order will be in effect.