Dick Lugar: “Climate change poses a serious threat to America's national security.”

I believe that the verification provisions of New START are important, to begin with, leaving aside anything else.

Congress, via the power of the purse, also has the ability to prevent the administration from taking steps, such as testing and fielding new and unnecessary land-based intermediate-range missile systems.

Yes, I believe New START meets this threshold with one exception.

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Shaheen). The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.