Mark Udall

It bears watching, obviously, and hopefully the lessons we've learned in other parts of the world we can apply.

So we deploy all of our influence, our power, our smart power, our kinetic power, any combinations.

Failure to anticipate and mitigate the impacts increases the likelihood of more failed states and the potential for conflict.

The basic conclusion of the DSB was that changes in climate patterns present new challenges to regional security and stability.

As your predecessor put it well, saving energy saves lives.

General Alexander, have the GCC countries' militaries thought about this problem and are they prepared for it?

Have the electric companies or their equivalents in the Gulf become aware of the potential for cyber attacks as a part of war, and what are they doing to prepare and respond to the vulnerabilities and the threats?

General Alexander, does anyone keep spare large electric transformers in a safe and invulnerable location for grid reconstitution?

General Alexander, is the U.S. military in Bahrain, Dubai, and other locations in the Gulf dependent on the electricity generated in the host country, and what's our back-up plan if the electricity suffers a prolonged grid outage?

General Alexander, how much storage capability do we have there for emergency diesel electric generators and will our back-up electric power capability cover all our mission critical functions or only a subset, and if so, which subsets?

I have been concerned, as we all have, for some years about the potential of cyberattacks on our electricity grid here in the United States and the potential effects that such attacks would have on the critical missions, especially during…

I know we are all very concerned about sequestration.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, February 1, 2012, at 9:30 a.m…

We hope to have votes in relation to amendments to the STOCK Act during Wednesday's session. ____________________

If you were to advise the policymakers sitting here and in the Senate and the Congress at large, what would you suggest we should be doing as Iraq struggles to find a democratic path forward?

I came to the floor to speak about Richard Cordray's nomination to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, but I wish to acknowledge the remarks of Senator Manchin. We have coal miners in my great State of Colorado. They are…

The Senator from South Carolina is broadly admired in the Senate. If I am ever in court, I want him to be my lawyer. I would point out, however, that what I am proposing wouldn't destroy the system we have in place--a system, by the way…

Before I recognize Senator Durbin for 8 minutes, I just wish to respond to my friend, the Senator from South Carolina. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, how much time is on this side? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 5 minutes remaining.

I am. The Senator from Vermont is correct. That knowledge on my part is, in part, one of the reasons I filed the amendment we are discussing right now.

I am familiar now because the Senator from Michigan has shared that fact with me. I am also familiar with the fact that the administration has other questions and concerns which has caused it to issue a set of provisions and issues they…

What I would say to my friend is that just having had an opportunity to review this language in the last 48 hours, I have no question about his intent, but I have heard from people with much greater expertise than I have that there are…

I am familiar with the language in the general way it has been introduced. I would say to the chairman of the Armed Services Committee that we had a chance to review this language starting about 48 hours ago. One of the reasons I think my…

The Senator from Illinois is correct. Mr. President, 1031 would do just that, and it would come directly at a piece of law, posse comitatus, which dates back to the Civil War, that is held dear by all of us in America because it…

I thank the Senator from Illinois for his question. My understanding is the Senator from Illinois is correct, that provision 1032 would change the way in which interrogations would unfold. There may be some in the Senate who would see it…

There is definitely an issue of urgency.