we have learned that the National Rifle Association has accepted foreign donations

there is zero political and electioneering support from those industries for the serious price on carbon they claim to support.

Thank you, Chairman.

These are all excellent steps forward, toward maintaining our superiority in an ever-changing domain, but, though progress has been made, of course, these efforts and achievements do not mean we have reached the finish line.

I certainly wish you and your family well as you start the next chapter as well.

when we are talking about regulatory efficiencies, we are really talking about regulatory efficiencies.

there needs to be a market price on carbon dioxide emissions.

I have learned that when we agree, Senator Inhofe is perhaps the most effective legislator in the Senate.

Can we expect, that all of the funds that we've appropriated, will be expeditiously deployed?

We have a system that doesn't work, but we have a contract and we've got to buy the thing anyway.

Thank you very much, Madam Chairman, and thank you again, Madam Secretary, for your work at the department.

Why aren't we more effective at defending the country in cyberspace?

I have certainly been studying cybersecurity issues now for over a decade, and I have to say, I still learn something every day as the domain and the actors in it continue to evolve.

I have always deeply appreciated your thoughtful answers and your contributions to better protecting the country in cyberspace.

Thank you, Chairman Collins. Secretary Chao, thank you very much for being here, and we look forward to your testimony today.

No diplomacy after a summit and a summit without adequate preparation has a greater chance of failure.

If President Trump is able to look at Kim Jong-un straight in the eye and tells him in public, Mr. Kim, tear down the walls of your horrific gulags...

I ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of Senator Brown's remarks I be recognized for my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Ohio.