I further request that the Senate vote on the nomination without intervening action or debate; that, if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the President be immediately notified of the…

Well, I call to the floor Executive Calendar No. 188, Lt. Gen. Kevin B. Schneider, U.S. Air Force, to be General and the Commander of Pacific Air Forces. General Schneider has been serving as the Director of Staff for the Air Force since…

that being the case, I call to the floor Executive Calendar No. 107, Lt. Gen. James W. Bierman, Jr., USMC, to be Lieutenant General and the Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies, and Operations for Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps. General…

I call to the floor Executive Calendar No. 238, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey A. Kruse, U.S. Air Force, to be Lieutenant General and Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. General Kruse currently serves as the Director's Advisor for Military…

I am going to make one further attempt. I call to the floor Executive Calendar No. 84, RADM George M. Wikoff, USN, to be Vice Admiral and Commander, Fifth Fleet. Admiral Wikoff currently serves as Acting Commander for Naval Air Forces. He…

I thank the President for the recognition. Let me begin with the obvious because I think Senator Graham did a great job of laying out what is at stake. He offered multiple arguments for why these amazing patriots who dedicated their…

I also want to commend the work of the subcommittee on whistleblower issues over the last two Congresses under the leadership of my colleague Representative Pappas.

I appreciate you holding this hearing today.

Whistleblowers are unsung heroes of our government that expose corruption, abuse, fraud, and waste.

I am anti-regulation by DNA, but this is an area where I think the Federal Government ought to act responsibly and prudently.

I do believe that hearings like this... are key to putting some type of framework of common sense regulation around it.

I do believe that hearings like this... are key to putting some type of framework of common sense regulation around it.

Fair to say we are on the cusp of all the potential that might be good ahead of us, but a lot of the potential issues, which would beg the kind of a general regulatory framework, are just coming to the surface.

I am anti-regulation by DNA, but this is an area where I think the Federal Government ought to act responsibly and prudently.

Fair to say we are on the cusp of all the potential that might be good ahead of us, but a lot of the potential issues, which would beg the kind of a general regulatory framework, are just coming to the surface.

I think AI could be used nefariously and will be by state actors to influence domestic issues.

I think that we could do that easily.

I think there is a lot there to be worried about.