Kelly Ayotte

Your constituents rightly are concerned about this.

I think we need to acknowledge that this was important to bring these peace negotiations forward.

I think this is really important given the timing that you have just talked about about this comparison test and what the A-10 is doing right now against the fight against ISIS.

It was an honor to work with him to make sure that there are provisions in the NDAA that will make sure that this comparison test is done before there is any retirement of the A-10.

I want to also thank Mr. Francis for his very good insight as to how we could try to really bring back some real oversight over this and the cost overruns.

I wanted to follow up on some of the questions that Senator Portman asked about the heroin and fentanyl interdiction at the Southern border.

Do the forms that a service member fills out to apply for tuition assistance include a section informing them about this complaint system that they could utilize?

Secretary Levine, in your joint statement, you express concern regarding the 'relatively low rate of successful completion with degrees or certificates . . . ''

Consistent with the Principles of Excellence, the revised [memorandum of understanding] requires educational institutions to provide meaningful information about the financial cost and quality of their programs so that military students…

Secretary Levine, in your joint statement, you discuss the Postsecondary Education Complaint System (PECS).

But, in this case, just--as I understood the response of Ms. Barna to Senator Blumenthal is that there was a discussion with University of Phoenix.

It seems--but, that University of Phoenix was singled out for a practice that many other colleges and universities were not treated the same, even though they made the same types of violations.

It just strikes me as that there was a very lack of communication here in a way that has pretty significant implications.

Even though some of the MOU, for example, didn't incorporate issues as specific as a Coin, for example.

We want to be sure that consumers continue to have options for care in their communities that are cost-effective.

I think this ransom payment issue is just deeply troubling, and it's just causing further bad behavior from Iran.

I don't see us taking any steps that we should, in terms of being aggressive in coming back, especially on the ballistic missile program and their terrorism issues.

The priority of defending this Nation and having the funding for our troops and what you need to do should be our priority, no matter what.

The U.S and China entered into a Cyber theft agreement in September 2015.

Based on your experience, do you agree with FBI Director Comey's assessment that the ECTR fix 'would be enormously helpful'?

Do you agree that providing law enforcement with the authority to appropriately obtain basic information--excluding content--is extremely valuable in helping to piece together actionable intelligence that can help stop an attack?

Would you agree that ensuring that law enforcement has the tools they need to prevent future attacks is extremely important?

Are you aware of ANY U.S. government activities helping Iran protect its nuclear program against sabotage?

Unfortunately, that vote failed, as I understand, 58-38.

This is one where it is kind of hard to believe in the context that we live in that the Senate did not pass this.