How will you direct ARS to conduct targeted on-farm data collection of antibiotic use?

Well, to the extent you need any additional resources or authorities, please let us know, because we would like to provide that with you, because I think this needs to be a national priority.

For upstate New York, for the Hudson Valley, our pollinators are essential.

I am concerned that the NRC's decommissioning rule will potentially set up a process by which the emergency planning zone and associated requirements for nuclear plants will be automatically reduced with a plant's shutdown operations while…

If you have a pool of unspent fuel sitting 50 miles from New York City, it becomes a national security risk that is real. It also is an environmental hazard.

I thank the senior Senator from Louisiana for working with me on the flood insurance bill that we are introducing today. This issue is so important to both of our States because both of our States have experienced enormous levels of…

Do you think we are using them to their fullest potential right now?

Could the unsanctioned sharing of highly classified information from Israel or other countries harm those relationships?

Some believe, including Chairman McCain, that it is on par to a declaration of war.

The North Korean threat is clear and present. So too is the cyber threat that the country poses to us and our allies.

I believe there has to be a federal component for elections moving forward.

Would you agree with that assessment?

Congress gave you authorization to direct commission servicemembers with cyber experience.

Do you think that the Guard could ever serve as a conduit on cyber between state, local, and Federal Government?

Implementing positive train control is essential to preventing future derailments and collisions due to operator error.

Not all projects are economic, so you do need Federal investment.

Expand lateral entry--Senator Gillibrand touched upon that--to allow more mid-career civilians to enter the military at higher ranks and on flexible terms.

We need to make a different preference then? We need to change the language?

some people want to be prosecutors. They don't want to be stuck somewhere else leading an admin team.

Improve access to and the quality of the Department's childcare services.

it's important for us to carefully examine the Department of Defense's (DOD) military and civilian personnel systems to ensure that they meet the needs of our 21st Century workforce.

families play a critical part in the servicemember's readiness and his or her decision to stay in or leave the military.

It's essential that our All-Volunteer Force is recruited and managed and retained with 21st Century tools that address the needs of this generation of servicemembers and families.

So maybe we could authorize in the NDAA that we want to create a certification process for these various opportunities that you can do wherever you are, get it done, it's all State certification, Federal certification that should be usable…

The problem with requiring it of the State is that if there's a base, they're not getting tax revenue.