Automated vehicles have the potential to reduce that number dramatically.

Mr. President, over the last 20 years we have seen incredible advancements in computing, telecommunications, and information technology. The United States has led the world in this innovation thanks to our brilliant entrepreneurs…

Mr. President, with 150 days until the start of the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, I am proud today to introduce S. 2650, the United States Appreciation for Olympians and Paralympians Act. This bill would ensure that America rewards the…

We pride ourselves in South Dakota with the clean air.

I would suggest that during your tenure, from 1979 on, you have gone through multiple administrations.

We are one of the few States that is in compliance.

Gentlemen, thank you all for your service. It is appreciated and sometimes we do not say it enough, but we appreciate what you do.

If you want to operate in an environment where we are leading and causing our potential adversaries to react to us, it means you have to be able to take some risk.

Eighty-three percent manned?

I need no less than about 54 fighter squadrons or the 1,900 limit that the Senate gave us in the NDAA last year.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz), the Senator from Colorado (Mr. Gardner), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio)…

I hope we can make some headway that gets us to where this is a good deal for them as well.

I think many of us share the concerns that were voiced by Senator Cantwell about enforcement and funding for that.

This merits a unique approach by the United States.

I think we made some good headway in this last bill on that front.

I think today's hearing is really important, because we have too many Americans who see trade as one-sided, where our trading partners violate the rules without repercussions.

Simply put, if we want to build the public support that is necessary for new trade agreements, we have to convince the American people that we are not only opening new markets to our goods and services, but that we have the ability to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 1, 2016, at 9:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on…