Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order, following the remarks of Senators Schatz and Markey. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I thank you again for taking this on. We look forward to working with you, and not only on, as I said, this Farm Bill, but the one to come, which we will be getting started on very soon.

It's important that we stay ahead of our adversaries and that we're constantly looking for new and better ways.

We need to ensure that our cybersecurity policies are robust and effective.

I commend this Committee's leadership and support, especially Chairman Thune's efforts in regard to the Cybersecurity Framework proposed by NIST.

As chairman, I've made it a priority for this committee to focus on emerging technologies.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your leadership on this issue and on our committee.

Chairman Thune, your long-time friendship and support at the Federal level is deeply appreciated.

Thank you for holding this hearing, 'Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Innovation, Integration, Successes, and Challenges.'

Thank you, Senator Thune and Senator Nelson, for your leadership in having this critical section included.

Did you look at--on another matter, have you looked at the Choice Program and the operation of the Choice Program?

It seemed that--and the reason why I bring it up, it seems as though there may be a duplication of activity there.

the Asian carp has become an emerging threat to not only our rivers and lakes, but literally, as pointed out earlier, the physical safety of boaters.

The more we make flood insurance to be a normal insurance product, something that people just get or their insurance agent asks them, 'Do you want this?' we are going to get more people covered.

I agree with you that the reauthorization is critical and that it should be timely and that it should be one that runs over a period of years.

The reality is that we cannot go to war without women anymore, can we?

I am wondering if the National Flood Insurance Program should perhaps take a look at either increasing the total amount of structure coverage.

We also have seen a disturbing trend in recent years whereby some of our trading partners have ignored their international commitments, particularly with respect to intellectual property protection.