Political Quotes

“It is good to see the Presiding Officer in the Chair. I appreciate his being here. Mr. President, several of my nominations that I have been trying to get my colleague to agree with--again, he still hasn't answered the quote ``If they want to vote on these nominees one at a time, I am all for it. I will probably vote for them.'' He still hasn't answered that. We are doing it. We are doing it. This is not a joke either. We are watching the experience of America's greatest military generation probably since World War II just kind of being flushed down a river right now. Just listen to this. Now, the one thing that is really disturbing to me is how many of these nominees are from the U.S. Navy. My dad was in the Navy. I love the U.S. Navy. But we know that the Navy right now is being stressed. The President sent two carrier strike groups over to the Middle East. We need carrier strike groups in the INDOPACOM. President Biden--and I criticize him a lot for this--is shrinking the Navy. That is idiotic. But our Navy officers and enlisted are going through a really stressful period because they are needed all over the world, and they are ready or are trying to be ready for any kind of contingency. It is tough to do a 9-month deployment and then come around, do the maintenance, and get back at it. But what I have been noticing is how many of these holds are impacting the Navy. I am going to go through like five more right now. I just did five.…”