I want to express my support for this important tool for our intelligence agencies.

Our question is how effective is it as an onshore vehicle.

So the ACV is designed to do both.

I am a big supporter of multiyear. I am a big supporter of Flight III. I think it is going to bring a major advantage to the fleet, and we want to get it as soon as possible. But I would rather get it right than get it fast.

I am aware of legislation recently introduced by Senators Angus King and Susan Collins, the Senior Home Modification Assistance Initiative Act.

I believe those labs are national treasures and should be protected and preserved.

These cuts are absolutely unacceptable, and they are cutting in exactly the wrong place.

To be cutting funds that involve grid reliability is just not prudent in any way, shape or form.

The cost would be of shoehorning a modern combat system into an old hull.

today I wish to recognize the 40th anniversary of Longfellow's Greenhouse of Manchester, ME, a family- owned small business and a leader in the greenhouse industry. Longfellow's Greenhouse opened during the winter of 1977. That year, with…

By the way, I discovered firsthand a defect in the design of the George Washington-class aircraft carrier.

Which would you consider worse? A leak to the American people or a leak to the Russian Foreign Minister?

Is the intelligence community, Director Coats, doing an assessment of the nature and impact of the information revealed to the Russian Ambassador?

I rise to speak for a few minutes on the AHCA, which is the healthcare bill that was recently passed in the House. I believe the letters stand for ``anti-healthcare bill'' as there are many troublesome aspects of this bill--kicking…

if we are fielding a weapon as the standard weapon that cannot penetrate the body armor of our adversaries in a close fight, that is unethical.

It is wrong to put our people in that position.

today I wish to honor the Caribou VFW on their 70th anniversary. The Caribou VFW, known as the Lister-Knowlton VFW Post 9389, was founded on May 11, 1947, by veterans returning home from World War II. The post was named after two brave…

The best defense is if the public knows what's happening and they say, oh, it's just the Russians again.

I do think leadership matters, however. And I do think that we've had -- that the -- this whole process has tainted the senior leadership for the Justice Department to the point where they have a statutory ability to appoint something…

I think a special council on the FBI side would be very helpful just in terms of credibility.

Credibility is the key.

I do not want to go home to Maine and say, well, we talked a lot about this but we didn't do anything.

I rise to speak briefly about the American Health Care Act that was passed last week in the House of Representatives. I thought a lot about this bill over the past few days and over the weekend. I talked to friends, I read about it, and I…

It's troubling because the assertion -- and I just brought the letter with me. The firing was based, he says, I have this memo from the deputy attorney general and the attorney general recommending your dismissal.

around here we often discuss bureaucracy and regulation and overreach and government getting out of the way. I want to point out and bring to the attention of the Senate and the American people one of the most ridiculous actions of any…