Kay Bailey Hutchison: “it just seems to me that it would be very difficult to leave out both Houston and Florida.”

Promoting American values is always important. Our strength is in our values, and our values are respect for human rights for all citizens.

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.

That is something that has to be, from the NATO standpoint, a consensus. Some of our allies are concerned that a withdrawal would make Russia more aggressive.

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…