"I think that draws just sort of a fine point on--we need to be doing everything we can right now to increase that deterrent value, because it's not being effective."
"I am going to shift gears a little bit right now, Secretary, and talk a little bit about trusted electronics."
"I want to thank you for your focus and your commitment to funding WIPP in a way that ensures proper maintenance but also safe operation because we cannot afford to have a deviation from the safe opera..."
"Our ability to project and sustain force, at the time and place of our choosing, is one of the most critical elements of our military might."
"I think one of the things you'll find at White Sands is that it's an incredibly safe community, with good-quality family housing, and, for that matter, one of the best schools in the State."
"I think that's good news to all of us here who recognize, as you've said, that we've sort of taken a break from modernization for far too long."
"These commonsense bills would hold the Federal Government accountable for promises that have been made to our constituents."
"I want to thank, in particular, my colleague from New Mexico, Senator Udall, for his superb leadership on these bills over the course of many years now."
"First, the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Conservation Act would complete the community proposal for the region included in the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument that was designated in 2014..."
"I think the government manages on behalf of all of us and our constituents."
"I think we really need to put some thought into this, because this is a situation that feels like it could get ahead of all of us very quickly."
"Secretary Rapuano, over the past year, we've heard news reports highlighting problems facing servicemembers and veterans seeking treatment at the Department of Veterans Affairs whose radiation exposur..."