I am told it is a permissible beverage on the floor. If it is not, I am sure I will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action.

I have milk. I offered to share my milk with the Presiding Officer. I know that Maine has its share of farmers. I understand the Presiding Officer is not allowed, under our Senate rules, to respond in substance, but I would be glad to…

This issue is a very serious one because the lives and livelihoods of our farmers are at stake. There is the open space that may be sacrificed if dairy farms surrender and are forced to abandon this way of life due to the increasingly high…

I want to start by thanking Chairman Sanders of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, where I serve, for his extraordinary vision and leadership and join him in thanking the majority leader for his commitment to this kind of comprehensive and…

I am pleased to follow my colleague from Arkansas and join him in applauding the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee Senator Mikulski for her extraordinary and historic work on this measure which serves so well our values and goals…

The mission of rescuing our warfighters in peril is one of predominant urgency.

The 30-year-old helicopters that now do that mission have to be replaced, do they not?

I happen to believe that a formal rulemaking process is appropriate and necessary in this area.

This policy has successfully ensured peace in the region and contributed to the stability and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region.

Isn't that the purpose of the FCC's existence?

I believe that it is time for the FCC to get involved in the rulemaking on this process.

I believe that the time has come to provide defensive weapons, to listen to the Ukrainians, most recently the President of Ukraine, President Poroshenko, when he came to us in this Congress and asked for those kinds of weapons so that the…

Don't you think that the FCC should open a formal rulemaking proceeding to explore whether there can be standards and requirements imposed in this area?

I share the impatience and concern that has been articulated so well by my colleague and friend from New Hampshire and others on this panel.

shouldn't we be closing or eliminating that excess capacity before we talk about another round of BRAC, which, in many ways, has been extraordinarily costly?

I would like your commitment, on behalf of myself and other colleagues who are very intent that the will of Congress be carried out, that this project go forward.

The fact of the matter is, as the New York Times reported just recently, Russian 'tanks and other military vehicles are pouring over the border from Russia into Eastern Ukraine'.

Frequently those members of the Naval Reserve or of the Army National Guard or the Air Force National Guard bring capabilities, training, education, skills that are very valuable.

Are there areas of our private defense industrial base or even financial, utilities, and so forth that you regard as most vulnerable?

Isn't there excess capacity in overseas military installations?

I am proud to be with public health advocates such as the Presiding Officer, my very distinguished and eloquent colleague Senator Brown, and Senator Durbin, who was on the floor earlier today on this very subject which remains one of…

Thank you very much for having this hearing.

Don't you think that the public has a right and a legitimate expectation that there be standards in this critical area?

It's not just a Ukrainian struggle. Ukraine is the testing ground for the United States against this kind of blatant, ongoing aggression.

The recommendation made last go-around was not adopted by the Senate or Congress. The reason is, quite simply, in my view, BRAC is not cost-efficient.