Gary Peters

Effective government clearly depends on a reliable and a consistent process for filling senior roles.

We just had to keep stressing how important it is to come together and fix something that simply should never have been put in place beforehand and makes eminent common sense.

This is a triumph of common sense in Washington which we all like to have those stories from time to time.

It makes no sense. And yet it put this incredible financial burden on the Postal Service and it needed to be fixed.

Thank you, Senator Rosen.

It is clear that in the immediate days and weeks after the disclosure of the Log4shell, the cybersecurity ecosystem certainly went into high gear to identify the scope of this risk and to quickly remediate it.

Your expertise in history and in law and in journalism will help uncover the truth.

This has delayed closure for communities and families who have wrestled with the pain of tragically unsolved civil rights crimes.

I am honored to say that we are joined virtually by a former colleague of mine and a former member of this Committee as well, Senator Doug Jones.

I am grateful for your willingness to serve.

I look forward to hearing more about your qualifications and your visions for the role of this important and historic board.

Your appointment and, I hope, expedient confirmation, along with the return of American diplomats, sends a powerful message to the world--we stand with Ukraine and the free world will not abandon those fighting to protect it.

I introduced the Military PFAS Testing Disclosure Act, bipartisan legislation that would require DOD to publicly disclose the results of any PFAS testing.

Sir, we have a few holidays coming up. How about 30 days? We will get back to you in 30 days with a letter from our General Counsel.

I have been repeatedly hearing from residents around Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda, and their concerns about the proposed interim remedial actions that have been taken there as well as the overall pace of that remediation, which is…

Residents in each of these affected communities are asking us to help protect their health, their loved ones, and their water.

In Michigan, I have seen firsthand how PFAS contamination can cause serious harm to our communities.

The Department of Defense must do more to work collaboratively with communities and State and local stakeholders who have suffered from PFAS contamination over the years.

Mr. Kidd, under a law that I wrote with Senator Stabenow, States can request new cooperative agreements on PFAS remediation and require the Department of Defense to comply with State law.

The Department of Defense failed to warn servicemembers, their families, and local communities about these potential risks for five years.

Our supply chains can be very efficient, but they are not resilient

These shortages and disruptions pose not only a threat to our National Security, but also have devastating impacts on Michiganders

Small businesses and families throughout Michigan, as well as all across the country, are experiencing higher prices and major delays

As we are writing legislation and thinking of policy, I think it is always really good to think about how you measure success.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 7:05 p.m., adjourned until Wednesday, November 3, 2021, at 10…