I am having trouble squaring the Administration's national security strategy with a budget request that proposes to increase non-defense spending by 8.5 percent, while defense spending would increase at a rate of 3.3 percent.

The Administration's 2022 National Defense Strategy rightly captures the importance of deterring China.

I rise today to introduce the Carbon Removal and Emissions Storage Technologies Act, the CREST Act. I want to thank Senator Cantwell for her partnership in working on this bill. Our bipartisan bill would direct the Department of Energy to…

Thank you very much, Chairman Tester, for holding this hearing on the fiscal year 2024 budget request for the Department of Defense.

Another threat to the United States is a terrorist attack. I think with our focus on China and Russia and Iran, North Korea, we can't lose sight of the fact that Afghanistan is once again a safe haven for many terrorist groups.

Another threat to the United States is a terrorist attack. I think with our focus on China and Russia and Iran, North Korea, we can't lose sight of the fact that Afghanistan is once again a safe haven for many terrorist groups.

I would, however, suggest that it is not a sufficient condition and that the President's budget is inadequate to achieve this goal.

I am having trouble squaring the Administration's national security strategy with a budget request that proposes to increase non-defense spending by 8.5 percent, while defense spending would increase at a rate of 3.3 percent.

Are you concerned about the fact that the weapons that the Americans gave to the Security Forces could now be turned against us and our Western allies in a terrorist attack?

I have serious doubts that the Administration's budget request provides all of the resources necessary to deter an aggressive China and to deal with other global threats.

I am having trouble squaring the Administration's national security strategy with a budget request that proposes to increase non-defense spending by 8.5 percent, while defense spending would increase at a rate of 3.3 percent.

I think we have a very strange system here because--to say the least, because most of us would think that the rebate, the discount that is negotiated by the PBMs, would largely benefit the consumer at the pharmacy counter.

In 2018, I chaired a hearing of the Senate Aging Committee on why the costs of insulin was so high.

I thank Representatives Cammack and Rutherford for leading this Special Order hour to honor America's law enforcement in advance of National Police Week. The brave men and women of law enforcement put their lives on the line for our safety…

I also agree with Chairman Milley's written testimony that completing appropriations bills on time is a necessary condition to credibly deter China.

If it's 20 percent shortfall in fuel, you're going to have 20 percent less flying hours.

I think we have a very strange system here because--to say the least, because most of us would think that the rebate, the discount that is negotiated by the PBMs, would largely benefit the consumer at the pharmacy counter.

What we found was a system of getting insulin from the manufacturer to the customer that was rife with perverse incentives, convoluted and opaque.

Another threat to the United States is a terrorist attack. I think with our focus on China and Russia and Iran, North Korea, we can't lose sight of the fact that Afghanistan is once again a safe haven for many terrorist groups.

I rise today to introduce the Reach Every Mother and Child Act of 2023, known as the Reach Act. This bipartisan legislation would strengthen the United States' efforts to end preventable deaths of mothers, newborns, and young children in…

Are you concerned about the fact that the weapons that the Americans gave to the Security Forces could now be turned against us and our Western allies in a terrorist attack?

The problem with that explanation is insurance is based on the principle that the healthy are subsidizing the sick.

What we found was a system of getting insulin from the manufacturer to the customer that was rife with perverse incentives, convoluted and opaque.

The problem with that explanation is insurance is based on the principle that the healthy are subsidizing the sick.

The Administration's 2022 National Defense Strategy rightly captures the importance of deterring China.