Roger Wicker

Well, I think it is worth mentioning, also, in response to Senator Markey's statement and question, that there is proposed in the Trump program a carve out for rural areas that just can't afford to do this.

Have any of you looked at my Cyber Scholarship Opportunities Act, which expands scholarships for students pursuing degrees in this area?

It seems that South Dakota and Florida have very excellent leadership.

That ought to get somebody's attention.

Who wants to talk about training smart young people to move into the field of discovering this sort of thing, the need for a larger cybersecurity workforce?

Given that there is high demand for this route and the local community is willing to kick in to provide a portion of the funding, do you have an opinion yet as to whether this is an economically viable route for Amtrak?

Let me just ask about the Host Railroad Performance Report Card. There's some good news and some bad news in this respect.

We cannot do it without strong partnership with Amtrak.

I want to invite you and other members of your Board to join me in riding this train. I think it would be an education to see the amount of people that depend on this.

Now back to the statistic you gave about Mississippi. I assume you have similar statistics about all of the other states represented around the dais.

Well, thanks to all four of you for some very, very intriguing testimony.

Right now, you have 27.8 percent of the population without broadband, but more importantly, 50.2 percent of the population is in rural areas.

Well, perhaps we can expound more on that during the question and answer.

Thank you very much, Senator Schatz, and, of course, Senator Schatz and I will be canceling each other's vote out later this week on the issue of so-called net neutrality.

You know we're having a debate, Mr. Reed, with the FCC about the reliability of their maps on this very topic.

You cannot predict based on background, based on education, who is going to be a good developer.

I have a request for one committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committee…

Thank you for holding this important hearing on the opportunities and challenges facing maritime transportation.

We really should send a signal to the American people that we trust each other, that we appreciate somebody like the Senator from Alaska who has bent over backward to make this work for America, to make this work for labor, to make this…

I am not going to ask my colleague to yield all of his time to me, but I would just observe this to my friends on both sides of the aisle. This is the kind of bipartisan legislative effort on the part of my colleague from Alaska that ought…

In an effort not to take up too much time, the Senator from Alaska didn't mention that the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers is for this bill. The International Longshoremen's Association is for this bill. We have crafted…

I appreciate the Senator from Alaska mentioning the broad base of support, and it occurs to me that this legislation has garnered the support of the chamber of commerce and organized labor.

The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower convenes this afternoon to examine Navy shipbuilding programs.

The Coast Guard Academy is one of the finest institutions of higher learning in the country, in the world, and we certainly want to support them.

There are rich minerals below in the seabed there.