Political Quotes

“I rise today to speak about the Defense appropriations bill that we are now debating. I congratulate Senator Shelby and Senator Leahy, and other Senators for working together in a cooperative manner to fashion and advance this important legislation. For my home State of Colorado, this legislation means critical funding for our men and women in uniform at installations such as Peterson, Buckley, and Schriever Air Force Bases, the Air Force Academy, and Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, and beyond. This bill provides the first significant pay raise--the first significant pay raise--for soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines for close to 10 years, and it is well deserved and long overdue. As the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, I want to highlight several provisions related to these areas. The bill provides $356 million in additional funding to expand and accelerate cyber research across the Department of Defense, including $117 million for Army cyber security research efforts and $116 million in Missile Defense Agency cyber security enhancements. This legislation will support critical cyber security programs, including CyberWorx at the Air Force Academy, DIUx in Silicon Valley, and the Army Futures Command in Austin, TX. The bill focuses on our ability to modernize not only what we might use in conflict but also to understand how conflict might be waged through technology.…”