the next nominee--again, we are doing them one at a time, one at a time. I thought that is what my colleague and friend from Alabama wanted. He still hasn't explained why ``one at a time'' is not what he wanted, but maybe he will do that…

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…

we have three more that we are going to do. That will be 61 tonight. And Senator Ernst and I--and I know a lot of our other colleagues want to join us--we are going to keep coming down here. So let me get through these, and then I will…

let's go directly to our great U.S. Navy. This is James P. Downey to be Vice Admiral and Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command. Again, we all know that the Navy is the critical service. They are all critical, but when it comes to China, we…

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…

another heroic Air Force pilot with incredible experience. Let's just move on to Brig. Gen. Mitchell Hanson. We are trying to get him confirmed to be Major General. By the way, Senator Graham made this point at the beginning: All of these…

we are going to start moving through some of these nominations. My colleague from Alabama has said publicly, hey, bring them up one at a time. And we are asking for a voice vote, so that is a vote. So we are doing what he said, not sure…

we haven't had a marine in a while. I love the Marine Corps. It is not the big service, though, so we haven't had as many marines. I will tell you this: This Colonel, Kelvin Gallman, to be Brigadier General in the U.S. Marine Corps, he…

I just want to comment on my colleague here--Joint Forces, Marine Corps-Army operation--but Senator Ernst was talking; she is being very humble. She is such a strong leader on pro- life issues in the Senate and such a strong voice. And I…

let's go back to our great U.S. Navy. CAPT Craig Mattingly to be Rear Admiral (lower half) in the U.S. Navy. Let's look at Captain Mattingly's 28-year career. He has led Squadrons on deployments supporting EUCOM, AFRICOM, and CENTCOM…

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…

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…

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…

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…

I am going to talk about one more Navy officer. We have a number to go. I am going to do this quick. This is Christopher S. Gray to be Vice Admiral and Commander of Navy Installations Command. He has got a great resume, a 34-year Navy…

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…

let's go back to my beloved Marine Corps. I love the Marine Corps. I mean, I love all the services, but I really love the Marine Corps. Madam President, this is another critical element of the Marine Corps. Of course, everybody thinks…

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…

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…

let me move on to another Army officer and the same kind of billet that, again, really matters. This would be again on missile defense. This is Lt. Gen. Philip A. Garrant of the U.S. Space Force--I apologize. I mentioned he was in the…

let me talk about another really important billet that I know a lot about, given that a lot of its assets are in Alaska, and, again, this is such an important billet to not leave without a leader. This will be for Heath A. Collins to be…

let's go back to the importance--you are seeing some themes here. Navy, certainly. Boy, are we decimating the U.S. Navy. Decimating. Unbelievable. I am just shocked at how many Navy Admirals we are putting on the bench right now. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Appropriations be discharged from further consideration of S. 2835 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration; I further ask that the bill be considered read a third time and passed…

I am going to try to keep this short because the issues that we are debating here are not that complicated. I agree with my colleague from Washington State. We are working around the clock. We are in our conference right now trying to get…

I am on the floor again with my colleague from Texas, Senator Cruz, trying once again to pass our Pay Our Military Act. I am not going to spend a lot of time explaining what we are trying to do here since 48 hours ago we tried to do the…