$733 billion ought to be, as my colleague just said, a floor, not a ceiling as you all go forward in your deliberations.

The United States confronts a grave crisis of national security and national defense.

a few weeks ago, there was a lot of media attention on the caravan from Central America coming up through Mexico and making its way to the United States intending to declare asylum or to cross the border illegally. This is kind of…

for the Committee on Armed Services I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that…

I ask unanimous consent that I be acknowledged to speak for 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. S. 3021

I don't think that is necessary because I think I was scheduled to do that anyway. What we are going to be addressing here in just a few minutes is a very significant piece of legislation. We do a lot of things around here that some people…

I think we cannot just suggest that it has been about leadership. It has been about our failure to provide the funding that our armed services have needed.

We are all very aware that what we went through during the 8 years, the Obama years--he did not have a high priority in our military.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for taking me out of turn. We have a conflict in the Armed Services Committee, but this is so significant to me that I wanted to be sure to get on record, as we have many times before, back at the time when I used…

I want to ask you, though, because one of the questions that came up was about the fire fighting foams that contributed to the problem that we have at Pease and what is being done.

Farmers have but one goal, and that is to pass our land, our farms along to the next generation better than we found it today.

at the conclusion of the remarks of the Senator from Missouri, I ask unanimous consent that I be recognized for such time as I may consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.