I am going to finish this final one, and then I will. This is Col. Trevor Hall, 33 years in the Marine Corps. He served as both enlisted and--a military enlisted and officer. His command experience includes rifle and weapons platoon…

Finally, tonight we are going to bring up some more members. I hope my colleagues don't object. When they are going to talk, I am sure they are going to talk about the Biden policy, which we all disagree with. Four Senators on the floor…

It doesn't mention it here, but do you know what else he received during that firefight--two firefights? The Purple Heart. So he was wounded in action by the enemy. Then, later, several months later, he received a Navy and Marine Corps…

My colleague had a question. Mr. President, I yield the floor. By the way, Mr. President, I appreciate your staying late, 3:30. And it is important work. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah.

No. I am getting through--this is really important for me to make sure the American people hear about these warriors, so I am prioritizing--

I want to begin by thanking Senator Ernst, my good colleague--joint operations here--giving voice to these great Americans. Now, look, if you are watching--I know it is almost 2:30 in the morning--but you are watching your American system…

it is Thursday afternoon here on the Senate floor. It is one of my favorite times. We have some new pages, so they are going to, I think, at a certain point, consider some of this their favorite time on the Senate floor. It is when I get…

I appreciate your holding this hearing. I think it is a topic that is all too often overlooked.

I think it is really an issue of fairness and it looks like all the panelists would agree with that approach.

the leaders from the North Slope Borough are in town right now, the elected leaders, tribal leaders, Alaska Native Corporation leaders. They tried to meet with Secretary Haaland seven times in a row since they have been here. Seven times…

we need to get the Federal dollars to the places that don't have anything first.

What about communities with no water and sewer, none? No flush toilets, American citizens.

the Federal funding and programs should be focused on the communities that don't have anything?

I think that is pretty obvious.

we are going to continue with the U.S. Navy. Again--I just thought of this--the Chinese admirals and their military, they are probably watching this debate right now, going: I can't believe my luck. I can't believe our luck. Maybe we…

I just want to talk about an issue I just heard about from two officers just today on this issue of readiness, on this issue of maybe this whole episode is creating a ``Fat Leonard'' scandal 2.0 that is like I said earlier when the Navy…

the final one. It is so ironic. I didn't mean it to be this way, but I am so proud of it. It is a U.S. Marine Colonel--I am a U.S. Marine Colonel; these are my peer groups--to be Brigadier General of the U.S. Marine Corps. Let's read about…

well, that was another downgrade of readiness for America right there. Madam President, let me go into another very, very impressive military member. We don't talk about this part of our military that much; but, boy, oh boy, is it…

this one is special to me, since we are doing all the different services: Space Force, Navy, Army, Air Force. This is Maj. Gen. Roger Turner, U.S. Marine Corps, to be Lieutenant General and Commanding General, Third Marine Expeditionary…

here we go again, more Navy. Like I said, the Navy is stressed, but we do have a great Navy. God love the U.S. Navy. And our submarine force, like I said, keeps Xi Jinping and his communist dictator admirals up at night. And it should…

here we go, crushing the Navy. Here is another Navy Admiral that we are going to have him sit on the bench. This is kind of remarkable. I mean, we are going to get to about 60 of these tonight. The experience here is unbelievable, but the…

Let's move to the Air Force. Let's move for Scott L. Pleus to be Lieutenant General and Director of Staff at the U.S. Air Force. As you know, Mr. President, being an Army man, West Point grad, Director of Staff of your service is one of…

again, strategic nuclear deterrence. Pretty darned important. I guess he is going to have to sit on the sidelines for longer. I want to go now to another element of our military, and that is Special Operations. And this is an opportunity…

This next one, I believe, is an empty billet. I am pretty sure. I have to double-check my math here. This is Shoshana Chatfield to be Vice Admiral and U.S. Military Representative to NATO. NATO. There is a lot going on in NATO right now…

I have one more before I turn it over to my colleague from Iowa. It is a joint operation here. The only reason I am doing one more is because, guess what, another Navy officer--another Navy officer. The Chinese are like: Man, I can't…