Kelly Ayotte

I also like this idea--you mentioned it--of skin in the game for the colleges and universities.

The Commission has no jurisdiction over pipeline safety or security, but actively works with other agencies on safety and security responsibility.

article II of the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide defines genocide as any act committed with the intent to destroy all or part of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.

Russia has violated the INF. Why is DOD waiting for Russia to field the system in question to respond if Russia has already violated the INF by flight testing the respective system?

I'm not hearing what we're going to do about it, but that may be a higher-level decision, going up to the President.

Without secure systems, we cannot do any of our missions.

if we don't follow up with action... we haven't seen a response.

How important is it to be able to move quickly, decisively, and with legal authority when an intrusion is detected?

Successfully executing our missions in cyberspace requires a whole-of-government and whole-of-nation approach.

how important is it to have a clear delineation of responsibilities to act?

a lot of talk, no action, unfortunately. And people take their cues from that. And that worries me.

What are we doing about it?

I think this is something that should be examined.

we have the Russians violating the INF Treaty yet again.

the Federal Information Security Management Reform Act of 2015 (FISMA Reform) was introduced in July and it would benefit immensely our federal civilian network security from streamlined and clear authorities for DHS.

according to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom's annual report for 2015, Yazidis and Christians in Iraq and Syria have endured a 'systematic campaign' of persecution which has included summary executions…

why does it make sense to this administration to provide weapons to moderate Syrian fighters but not to Ukraine--a legitimately elected democracy simply seeking to maintain their territorial integrity, protect their sovereignty, and choose…

I think it does make sense to have PHMSA play a role not only after the fact, but in FERC's pre-filing process.

I rise to speak about a very important issue. It is a fundamental constitutional issue for this body and part of our duty in the Senate and the Congress; that is, to ensure next week the funding for the government which expires at the end…

the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee--headed by Chairman Johnson and Ranking Member Carper--had a very important hearing where we heard from whistleblowers from the VA, and then afterwards we heard from VA officials and…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Gardner). Without objection, it is so ordered. Inspector General Vacancy at the VA

it has been 631 days that we have not had a permanent Inspector General at the VA

there were many people who received bonuses who are in positions where, unfortunately, they were engaged in this issue.

I think our men and women in uniform deserve better than that

I think all of us want to see more accountability and more people being held accountable.