Kay Bailey Hutchison: “Nobody is challenging America COMPETES. Nobody is challenging the need for Federal help on this.”

I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Texas.

We will be asking you, Ms. McFarland, how you will represent American values in Singapore, a friend and trading partner.

I rise to talk about the Casey- Hutchison amendment which was added to the bill before us last week. I did not speak before the amendment was agreed to, but I think it is important to highlight it, particularly in light of things that…

Absolutely. We should reinforce our efforts to get Russia to comply with the treaty, and it is the position of the American Defense Department, State Department, that Russia is in violation.