I was necessarily absent for yesterday's vote to confirm the nomination of John Michael Vazquez of New Jersey to be U.S. district judge for the District of New Jersey. I would have voted yea. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for…

I ask unanimous consent that I be granted as much time as I might consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering the Crewmembers of the Space Shuttle ``Challenger'', the Space Shuttle ``Columbia'', and…

What effect has uncertainty regarding the use of Russian-made engines had on our defense posture? What effect would continued uncertainty have going forward?

What effect would the combination of an immediate ban on the use of Russian-made engines and early termination of the current EELV Launch Capability (ELC) contract have on Defense Department access to space?

Senator Nelson. General Robinson, in your previous commands you have acknowledged the need to sweep vast geographic areas to detect potential adversary movement in order to vector scarce information, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)…

Just to echo Senator Booker's comments and to say that we want you to get on and get completed with this study, so that the excessive number of hours in an industry that is vital to our economy will help improve the safety.

Just a similar commitment from you, as we discussed, to get that study out of the Secretary of Transportation's Office and get it to the Inspector General and to get it completed so that we can get to the much more rational rule on the…

have you ever flown a drone? It used to be that you had to fly helicopters or it used to be that you would fly what we call unmanned aerial vehicles, the ones that have been so helpful to us in the war against terror. That would usually be…

and my fellow Senators, I just want to point out what the Senator has already brought up and underscore that the fact is that the plutonium reactor in Arak has now been filled with concrete. The fact is that 12 tons--or 24,000 pounds--of…

we are going to Mars--Mars or bust. We are going to send a human crew to Mars in the decade of the 2030s. We are right at the cusp of the breakthrough to show how this is possible. I have just returned from the Kennedy Space Center…

I ask unanimous consent that I may be recognized as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I also ask unanimous consent that I be able to display on the Senate floor these two vials of liquid nicotine to tell what just passed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.