My only point is, at some point in time, you probably have to make the decision that you are going to have to have some military presence over a protracted period of time if, in fact, victory is important enough to you to send troops to…

and chairman of the Banking Committee, I appreciate the time and the recognition. As the chairman knows, I am a member of the Foreign Relations Committee and a former chairman of the African Subcommittee, and I have traveled to both of…

I thank the chairman for that answer. I would like his commitment to work with me and other members of the caucus who are concerned and who want to be assured that the SEC will move forward with the implementation of this replacement…

I yield back the remainder of our time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. All postcloture time has expired. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Tillerson nomination?

I am committed to accomplishing those two things in this 2-year term on the Committee.

We do not want to fire anybody. We do not want to privatize the VA.

We are not about privatizing health care for veterans. We are about making health care more available to veterans.

The Denver hospital is the perfect example.

If they sign for us to fight and risk their lives, they deserve every benefit unfettered that we promise them when they sign up.

I want to make sure you commit to me that, when you have situations like this pop up, you will quickly tackle them.

I am a big, big believer, because I have seen this. We need to do more of it.

There are a lot of people who think that the Merit Systems Protection Board... are there to keep them from getting fired.