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.

the civilian death count is getting worse, not better.

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 ask unanimous consent that Katie Stana, a Pearson foreign policy fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the year. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

starting in January of 2017, extending to today, the President, often with the help of this Republican Congress, has engaged in a very deliberate, very purposeful campaign of sabotage to the American healthcare system. We are now starting…

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.

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

But, why continue to be part of this coalition if we have no effect on the most important decisions?

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

I think that is a hard case to be made, given the reality of the conflict on the ground in Yemen, that our involvement has made things better for the Yemeni people.

2 days before the tragic shooting in Santa Fe, which has rightly dominated the news for the last several days, Texas experienced another mass shooting when a man killed his three children, his ex-wife's boyfriend, and himself. Mass…

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

this week people in Virginia and Maryland are waking up to the first rate filings by private insurance companies in 2018. The numbers are simply stunning. I am coming to the floor today to talk about what is going to be a very unhappy…

It should be front and center on every visitor's agenda when they come to the Capitol.