I do think that the Democratic Party should be listening to the Industrial Midwest more.

He is the most untrained, inadequate secretary of defense in our nation's history.

We can if my Republicans will stop rolling over for this president. We can actually rescue this program.

He's not qualified for the job, just by nature of the fact that he participated in this Signal chain.

There's no way he can do that and do it well, especially since there's such incompetence over at DOD.

He should never have been nominated in the first place. He is the most untrained, inadequate, Secretary of Defense in our nation's history.

The Democratic Party should be listening to the industrial Midwest more.

We need to make sure – the Navy needs more ships. We need more – and the Merchant Mariners need more boats, more ships.

We should be listening to Midwest Democrats a lot more.

This man is completely unqualified to be Secretary of Defense, and needs to be fired because he's putting our nation's military readiness at stake.

He is failing in his job and getting promoted to be ambassador. That's not what our nation needs at the United Nations.

Especially since there's such incompetence over at DOD, with Pete Hegseth being Secretary of Defense...

That's classified information. Any basic person getting through military training knows that is classified information.

I'm campaigning for the American people. I'm campaigning for my constituencies.

We can, if Republicans will stop, you know, rolling over for this President. We can actually rescue this program.

This is a vital program that keeps our military stronger and also makes it more lethal.

He's already demonstrated he's incapable of doing the most basic thing, which is handling classified information.

I ask unanimous consent that the scheduled vote begin immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

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