Failure to honor our commitments may cause regional partners to lose confidence in the United States as a reliable security partner.

It seems that, if the F-35B variant is not fielded in its intended numbers, the United States will have failed to leverage the enormous capability provided by amphibious assault ships.

the F-35 will form the backbone of U.S. air combat superiority for generations to come.

The Department needs the JSF to deal with advanced fighters and surface-to-air missiles world-wide.

Based on current and projected threats, I believe it is critical that we transition to a fifth generation capability across the Services while maintaining sufficient legacy inventory capacity to prevail in current and near-term conflicts.

Mr. President, I wish to join my colleague, Senator Hutchison, in commending to our colleagues the nomination of Judge Diana Saldana of Laredo, TX, who has been nominated, as we have heard, to be a U.S. district judge in the Southern…

the Federal Government cannot because of the doctrine of federalism that we have talked about, the 10th Amendment.

Congress' duty with regard to a law like this does not end when it passes a law.

I think they call that the fallacy of a false dichotomy.

Madam President, I wish to speak briefly on the amendment that has been offered by the Republican leader, Senator McConnell, that would, in effect, repeal the health care bill that was passed on Christmas Eve at 7 a.m. in the morning about…

the power of the State to legislate is quite broad under the police powers because of anything having to do with health, safety, and welfare.