I urge the Committee to allow the Corps to improve research, review standards, and deploy innovative materials and associated techniques for composite material.

I ask unanimous consent that the scheduled vote proceed immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

these targeted strikes are supposed to be a clear message that the US and our partners will not tolerate attacks on our personnel and allow hostile actors to imperil Freedom of Navigation.

The response to international community to these reckless attacks has been ignited, resolute.

We also joined more than 40 nations in condemning Houthi threats.

We issued an unequivocal warning that Houthi rebels would bear the consequences if their attacks did not cease.

Joe Biden, who goes to church every Sunday. He's won the most devout Catholics we ever have had that we can think of.

in reserving the right to object, I want to thank my colleague, who has joined me here on the floor this evening, for his service to our country. Like him, I was just a pup. I was 17 years old when I raised my right hand and took an oath…

Once again, there are some in his country trying -- trying to turn a loss into a lie, a lie which if allowed to live will once again bring terrible damage to this country. This time, the lie is about the 2020 election.

Political violence is never, ever acceptable in the United States political has never, never, never. It has no place in a democracy, none. We can't be pro-insurrectionist and pro-American.

This is an election about democracy and freedom, and that the choice is clear.

The choice is clear. Donald Trump's campaign is about him, not America, not you. Democracy is on the ballot, your freedom is on the ballot.

They view Trump as a legal drama, and they think Biden's job is to prosecute the case as a candidate, not to deal with the legal drama.

This is not rhetorical, academic or hypothetical. Whether democracy is still America's sacred cause is the most urgent question of our time. That's what the 2024 election is all about.

He’s threatened the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff with the death penalty. This coming from a president who called dead soldiers 'suckers' and 'losers.'

Trump’s assault on democracy isn’t just part of his past. It’s what he’s promising for the future.

Is democracy still America’s sacred cause? This is not rhetorical, academic, or hypothetical. Whether democracy is still America’s sacred cause is the most urgent question of our time.

You can’t be pro-insurrectionist and pro-American.