I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

I have been coming down to the floor for the past several months recognizing Alaskans who make our State great and our country better for all of us. I really enjoy doing this because it gives me an opportunity to share the excellent work…

Is a nuclear ICBM armed in North Korea the most significant threat we face right now as a Nation?

what message do you think the Russians are trying to send us

Hopefully there will not be another filibuster and hopefully there will not be another continuing resolution.

We need to make this strategic not tactical.

It is no longer a matter of if but when North Korea is going to have an intercontinental ballistic nuclear missile.

We want to work with you on that.

Can a test that does not hit the target still be a successful test?

Please pass on our compliments to the professionalism in the service of the men and women you are leading.

It undermines U.S. credibility in the world.

I think, as you know, Mr. Secretary, our country is at its most powerful when the executive branch and the legislative branch are working together on difficult issues.

We do not have even the remote capability to do this.

The Russians have 40. They are building 13 more.

the President of the United States would first have to ask Congress under its 'War Powers' authority

Part of what the President has been trying to do, and I am fully supportive, is get the Congress to be supportive of his policy.

I am not and we need to do a lot, lot more given this threat is going to be on our shores.

The troops saw that.

A number of us want to try and do that again, not filibuster it, but get a no-kidding budget out on the floor, voted on.

So we should be working to deepen those alliances and expand them, correct?

This ship is a joke and it is dangerous.

If we know that is happening, it is my view that we should be focusing a lot on missile defense to make sure that we will have a 99.9 percent chance of shooting one or two or three of those down.

I am not convinced at all. As a matter of fact, I do not think we have--I think we need to do a lot more with regard to missile defense.

Given Russia's posture as you described it, I see this need as only increasing.

I introduced the Advancing America's Missile Defense Act of 2017 and we already have 14 bipartisan cosponsors supporting this legislation.