Dick Lugar: “I am hopeful that, as this plan is implemented, the U.S. Government will be judicious about sinking taxpayer money into…”

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.

I would like to recognize Senator Vitter on our side. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana.

Well, in addition to the comments that have been made about better cohesion with our European allies, it seems to me we need to be thinking more about missile defense than about really the ways in which we negate the value of these…

Congress could condition funding to develop new missiles on receipt from the administration of a comprehensive military, economic, and diplomatic strategy to bring Russia back into compliance with the treaty.