Kay Bailey Hutchison: “Decisions on enlargement are for NATO and the nation in question; no other outside country, such as Russia, has a voice…”

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…

It is one of NATO's prime focuses, the aggression of Russia in Ukraine, of course, Georgia as well.

if the Senator would yield for just a moment to let me say thank you to all the wonderful Senators who have spoken and said nice things. It is one of the few times Senators sort of pause and wish someone well, as they are leaving. It has…

let me just say that is not the only thing we could do. We could change the cost of living to the chained consumer price index. That would be OK. It wouldn't get us as much of a deficit reduction over 75 years--a chained CPI--but it would…