I firmly believe that economic security is part of our National security and that it should be considered when our government reviews foreign investment into the United States.

This hearing should help us understand the threats to our safety and security and the defenses we need to defend against those threats.

I think given the effort that students, Active Duty servicemembers make to be students, interrupting those benefits would have had terrible consequences.

Thank you for inviting me to participate in this hearing.

My interest now is how do we continue to make the beginning educational experience and military experience attractive enough without required military service, mandatory military service?

I was thinking back on my personal experience of getting ready to decide where to go to college, and how we were going to pay for it.

I am pleased to join you in welcoming our witnesses to this hearing on Voluntary Military Education programs in the Department of Defense.

Isn't this an area that might be threatened and may have an effect on moral and discipline, particularly in the seagoing Navy?

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.

In the current fiscal environment and the uncertainty of future funding levels, we need to know the consequences of sequestration and its impact on the Department of Defense and ultimately on our national security interests.

I am pleased to join the distinguished Senator from Michigan in urging approval of this bill by the Senate. It has been a pleasure working with her and other members of the Agriculture Committee to produce a farm bill that meets the needs…

I want to thank the Senate for passing this very important farm bill, the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013. I especially thank my colleagues Debbie Stabenow and Pat Roberts and their staff members for the hard work they…

Protecting the safety and security of our American citizens is our highest priority.

I noticed there is an operations and maintenance shortfall for the Army's request in excess of $8 billion in the overseas contingency operations and maintenance account.

I am pleased to join the distinguished Senator from Michigan in urging the Senate to move forward with this compromise bill that has been developed by the Committee on Agriculture and is now before the Senate for a cloture vote. We need to…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Warren). The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.

we have no objection. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from North Carolina is recognized. Amendment No. 1031

I support the amendment offered by the Senator from North Carolina. This amendment would provide additional support for data-mining activities to detect fraud. It would develop proactive underwriting and loss adjustment applications to…

I object to the request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.

I am pleased to join my distinguished colleague from Michigan in predicting that we are moving in the right direction. We have covered a lot of important issues during the debate over the last couple of days and taken up a good many…

this amendment is being portrayed as a reform of sugar policy, but it is far more harmful than that. These proposed changes would undermine the policy of our domestic industry by transferring American sugar-producing jobs to other…

today I pay tribute to the men and women of our Armed Forces who have given their lives in defense of the United States. Memorial Day has, since its inception in the years immediately after the end of the Civil War, been a special time for…

Are you including in your budget request to the Congress the funding that you need to bring these facilities to the level you need to have a well-trained military force?

It's an interesting challenge for all of us to do that and stay within the budget guidelines that are laid before us during this next fiscal year.

I think from the testimony we've heard today, it appears that supplemental funding is needed to cover shortfalls for ongoing operations in Afghanistan.