John Warner: “It was worth every day of it. I miss it daily, but life, as Thomas Jefferson said, you have got to step off the path of…”

Citizens United did not expand debate in the public sphere, particularly on that issue.

Good luck to each and every one of you, and to the importance of the confirmation process.

You will carry with you for the rest of your life the recollections of the work that you have done for one of America's most valued assets, the men and the women and their families of the armed services of the United States.

This country is greatly strengthened by the will of such people to step forward and do, time and time again, public service.