If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 8:14 p.m., adjourned until Friday, June 10, 2016, at 8:15 a.m…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 8:15 a.m., Friday, June 10; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

I will continue to state the number of people who believe it is important that we approach this from the standpoint of an amendment that Senator Nelson and I have filed, along with a bipartisan group of legislators. I will begin with Gen…

I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 9, 2016, at 2 p.m., in room SH-219 of the Hart Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

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 ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Rules and Administration be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 9, 2016, at 2 p.m., in room SR-301 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 9, 2016, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 9, 2016, at 9:30 a.m., in room SD-406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…

I have great respect for my colleague from Arizona. The service he has given to this country and the sacrifices he has endured are tremendous, and nobody can underestimate what he has done for this Nation. I don't think anybody here would…

when I was growing up in the Eastern Plains of Colorado, one of the things I was hoping to do after graduating from college and entering the workforce was to work in the space program. I desperately wanted to be an engineer--an astronaut…

And when we are asking them to take a tough line, perhaps on something like the South China Sea, they see our lack of consequences in other circumstances...

The President signed a couple of executive orders, one right after the North Korea Sony attacks that were broad sanctions.

Was the State Department cyber office involved?

It is sort of a Good Samaritan approach.

We have agreements on radioisotopes and other things that are dual-use. Why can we not do it with cyber?

I think that the path we are on is exactly the right path to raise awareness about these issues and what the threats are.

The cyber agreement that Senator Cardin spoke of earlier--how involved was the State Department in drafting that?

I want to thank Ranking Member Cardin who, of course, also serves as the ranking member of the full committee, for his cooperation as we continue our important work together to address the important issues within this subcommittee's…

But if we had some kind of an agreement amongst nations of what a cyber weapon is and defining they are dual-use but when used a certain way as a weapon, would that not help?

Both before and after the nuclear agreement.

We need to be ready and willing and continue to use those.

Do you believe that Russia is still attempting to penetrate U.S. critical infrastructure?

And so when we see penetration by Russia or Iran into critical infrastructure of the United States, whether that is an actual attack or whether that is preparing the battlefield, as it was characterized at one point, is that a violation of…

So you do not anticipate any kind of like a weapons of mass destruction type ban when it comes to cyber because you are concerned that we cannot define what a cyber weapon is.

I just want to know whether or not you were a part of any discussions.