The Air Force Reserve (AFR) stands ready to defend our Nation while concurrently adapting for the future.

Thank you for your service. Thank you, certainly on behalf of the State of Alaska.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for 10 minutes for my remarks as well as 10 minutes for Senator Wicker and Senator Collins' remarks before the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I think my colleagues are making the really important point of the national security implications of the bill that we are looking at and voting on. And I agree with what my colleagues have already said. Speaker McCarthy had…

Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 125 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Alaska [Mr. Sullivan] proposes an amendment…

Madam President, the Fiscal Responsibility Act, unfortunately, does not meet the moment in terms of defending our Nation. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and others have said we are now in the most dangerous period of any time since World…

And it raises---- Madam President, I ask unanimous consent for 30 seconds more. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?

And for fiscal year 2025, it raises the defense top line by 5 percent to simply keep pace with inflation. These increases are offset by rescinding the additional amounts from the President's $80 billion plus-up from the IRS. So, my…

I don't think it really is fair to assign a date when you are talking about a transition.

It's amazing what can happen in this country right now.

We really haven't talked about affordability.

I co-sponsored that because I thought it was a good way to actually help assist childcare providers and families in their ability to be able to choose childcare without us here in the Federal Government micromanaging things.

It is impacting our military security. It is impacting our economic security when you cannot get people to be able to return to work because there is no childcare for them.

I don't view childcare as a threat to me as a parent, about whether or not we are losing our values.

There is a role for us.

In my state right now, 61 percent, 61 percent of Alaskans live in what they call a childcare desert.

Childcare is not only a workforce issue, it is a military readiness issue.

I co-sponsored that because I thought it was a good way to actually help assist childcare providers and families in their ability to be able to choose childcare without us here in the Federal Government micromanaging things.