One of the things that I have found troubling... is that there didn't seem to be an emergency plan in place that could address how to deal with the spill once it happened.

Mr. President, I rise today to talk about the Medicare Diabetes Self-Management Training Act, a bill I have recently introduced along with Senators Stabenow, Hagan, Franken and Landrieu. This bill will improve the lives of Medicare…

It promotes stability. It promotes atomic and nuclear stability.

Thank you, gentlemen, for being kind enough to appear. I have limited time because I actually have to go preside over the Senate and I can't be late for that.

I think it's a signal that the United States is honoring--or, United States and Russia are taking steps to meet their obligations under--I think it's Article 6 of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

It's really important that we be in there. It's been quite some--I think START expired December the 5th.

this treaty is designed to give both sides confidence again in the process of arms control.

ratification of this treaty is going to be important if we are going to get back to that kind of a verification and inspection regime.

the principal result of nonratification would be to throw the whole nuclear negotiating situation into a state of chaos.

I think the data exchanges and the onsite inspections are likely to provide useful information.

New START must be assessed in the context of a robust commitment to maintain the necessary nuclear offensive capabilities required to meet today's threats and those that may emerge.

I do have a concern about that, which I hope this committee and the Armed Services Committee would be looking into carefully.

the treaty reestablishes a legally binding relationship between the two countries in terms of their nuclear arsenals

I think that special appreciation for the impact on consumers is something that she brings that is going to be very important going forward.

I am particularly pleased to have someone who so clearly understands what some of those special challenges are.

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