Dick Lugar: “He needs support. He needs senior political people nominated and confirmed. He needs some budget authority.”

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

It is not the lack of food in the country but the problems of poverty and distribution and income.

In the likely event the INF Treaty collapses in August, the only remaining bilateral U.S.-Russia arms control agreement would be New START, which expires in 2021 but can be extended by up to five years through agreement by both parties.

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