I think all of us would agree.

What can be changed in those procurement policies, which have so handicapped other branches of government as well in similarly urgent tasks?

I think we have an obligation to compel the relevant agencies, principally OPM and anybody else concerned, to do better and to do more and to do it more quickly so that you can succeed in this task.

I want to shift a little bit in terms of modernization to one of the key challenges in my view, although it may not involve hardware in the most direct sense, and that is the downsizing of our force and how we develop and retain the key…

The success of this very, very important national priority depends on having the best and the brightest.

The Federal Government is failing you.

So in a perfect world, I would eliminate the consent decree. Sadly, we do not live in that perfect world.

Thank you, Senator Lee.

I am pleased to follow my distinguished colleague and friend from the State of Wyoming, and I rise to talk about exactly the same issue and to differ with him, respectfully, that the current law is unworkable, unpopular, and unaffordable…

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 am here for the main purpose of vigorously opposing S.J. Res. 8, and to support the National Labor Relations Board's recent rule to modernize the process that workers use if they decide they want to form a union and bargain collectively…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of S. Res. 95, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as…

a recent report from the Center for a New American Security on modernizing military healthcare highlighted potential disadvantages to DOD's current commercial approach to replacing its health record

Some of those applications might well be rejected.

Do you support extending TAMP to all service members involuntarily separated through administrative procedures?

Will you commit to work with me to provide transitional health care benefits to all deserving service members?

I appreciate those comments. You are absolutely right. The diagnosis for PTS began in the 1980s, but troops were suffering from it way before then.

Will you implement the recommendations from GAO and conduct appropriate oversight into this matter to ensure that DOD has sound policies and processes to track whether a separating service member has a mental condition?

I am very pleased to see that both the Virginia-class and the Ohio replacement are moving ahead on a very good pace.

In my experience in the State of Connecticut, the reaction has been huge and it has caused panic, a lot of anxiety, fear, uncertainty.

This kind of trafficking is modern slavery, in effect.

the impact of sequestration will cut back that ability--our ability, the amount of mil-to-mil training capacity.

Essentially, if applications are filed in the interim, they would be considered one by one after the program is reinstated.

Will you agree to work with me to establish recognition of service cards to protect personal information while providing immediate and on-site verification to merchants nationwide, thus ensuring that more than 17 million non-retired…

I am deeply concerned by the growing threat of identity theft targeting military personnel and veterans.