I want to thank my colleagues--the Senators from Missouri, North Dakota, and Wyoming--for their colloquy. This is a big deal, not just for those of us from these States but for all Americans. We have a choice today. We do have a choice. We…

I can commit to that.

We cannot keep on keeping on with what we are doing right now and expect things to get better.

I do believe Russia is one of the greatest existential threats to our Nation.

But do you agree that a Fortune 500 company has a very different mission than that of our military members?

If confirmed, I will obviously make it one of my priorities to understand their challenges and what we can do to better help them in that regard.

We lose 22 veterans--from the VA's [Department of Veterans Affairs] numbers, 22 veterans every day to suicide.

I think when we look at Selective Service, the administration needs to own up to their decision

I just want to emphasize to my Committee Members, as well, here, those that are still remaining, it is a phenomenal program that THOR-3 provides for those operators.

I do think there needs to be a dialogue, and considering the fact that we are trying--I am sorry--the administration is trying to make our military forces, DOD, the most progressive employer out there.

I am concerned that Putin and the Assad regime has been weaponizing the migrants coming out of Syria.

I think the first point that you made, stating that we have not had an attack on our Homeland anything the scale we have seen since 9/11, I think that is a very important point for those who state we just simply need to pull out.

I do support providing women with various opportunities to serve in any capacity as long as we are not lowering standards to allow participation, and that we are not decreasing our combat effectiveness.

Thank you very much.

Turkey, as you stated, is an important ally, a NATO member that sits on the southeastern flank.

I am a strong supporter of SOCOM's preservation of the force and family initiatives.

It is critical that we get this right.

I think this administration continues to set up our servicemembers for failure, to be honest.

Unfortunately, in a move that defies comprehension, your predecessor revoked WASPs eligibility to be honored by having their cremated remains inurned at Arlington.

We want to make sure that everybody does it right.

If we don't have this issue resolved by then, the 193rd Iowa Air National Guard Wing, they may be faced with paying the full lease for the area that they occupy, which would severely disrupt their ISR mission and would further strain our…

I rise today to talk about the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act--more affectionately known as the SCRUB Act. This past summer, my colleague Senator Hatch and I introduced this legislation to help…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 10 minutes in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate stand in recess as under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 12:27 p.m., recessed until 2:15 p.m. and reassembled when called to order by the Presiding Officer (Mr. Portman)…

A top priority of both organizations should be ensuring that not one of these VA whistleblower complaints goes unresolved.