Chris Murphy

But, with all due respect, there is no political process.

The civilian death count is getting worse, not better.

I want to bring you--and I appreciate your verbal commitment to the region. I think if we do not pay some attention to it now, we are going to be really sorry.

But, how can you do that when you are cutting funding to those programs?

I mean, they are catastrophic withdrawals of funding, and another signal, a very clear signal, to the Russians that, 'We are out, and you should fill the void.'

They see an opportunity, as we withdraw from the Balkans, to essentially set up a new front, a new hybrid scenario, like we have seen in Ukraine.

It strains credibility to suggest that it is outside of the realm of possibility or completely unfair or unwarranted for Kim to read that as an advertisement that we are going to repeat the mistake that we made years ago.

I think you may be providing a little bit more pushback than is necessary on Senator Markey's foundational point.

Not to put words in Senator Daines' mouth, but I think his question was sort of asking whether your incumbent training or incumbent fitness requirements are similar to other forces that are doing some of the same work.

I just do not think it makes sense to continue to put money into cybersecurity if we are leaving ourselves this exposed.

I just think that the juxtaposition between the rather large increase in Capitol Police staff on this campus with the fact that only 46 gatherings of Senators and Members were covered by Capitol Police outside the building is not…

I would encourage you to take a look at offering that training.

Nothing that we do here, none of the experiences that visitors to the Capitol Complex have, mean a thing unless they and we are safe.

I'm very worried, Mr. Chairman, about the separation of the market into very healthy and very sick as these short-term plans now become true, viable options right next to the exchanges.

Even with this deliberate campaign of sabotage, even with the Administration cutting the open enrollment period, even with the Administration stopping the marketing of these plans, even with the Administration refusing to pay for the…

The worry, of course, as you know, and the reason why President Obama moved the time duration down to 3 months, is that because these plans are not subject to the requirements that you cover people with preexisting conditions the same.

This is a quote from the head of the largest health insurance company in Maryland, talking about why they were going to be dramatically increasing rates.

If we are interested in equity and parity, then we'd be more than happy to adjust tax rates to send $8,000 to the Federal Treasury instead of $14,000.

We're so confident that there's still energy to be saved in our buildings that we set another goal for ourselves of 20 more percent energy use intensity in our buildings over the next 10 years.

I'm pretty impressed that the AOC has reduced energy consumption on campus by 32 percent over 10 years.

I think whether we need a full study done or not, it's probably time for us to catch up to where the House is on this question.

The Senate is pretty wildly less family-friendly than the House is, largely because of our rules.

Is there a process moving forward--I mean, obviously as you roll this out, you're going to expect some bumps and hiccups.

You don't worry about their ability to continue?

I think your second question, Senator Murphy, are there other building things that may need to be done, I would offer two points.