Kay Bailey Hutchison: “Community banks and small businesses form the backbone of our economy.”

Thank you. Are there other speakers on our side? Let me ask the Chair to notify me when there is 10 minutes left in case Senator Collins comes or someone else. So I would like to have up to 10 minutes and be notified. Mr. President, I rise…

we are here just hours before a looming deadline that is going to affect just about every American in some way, and I do believe both sides of the aisle and both sides of the Rotunda want to come to a conclusion that will keep us from…

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.

I have visited U.S. troops in harm's way in every conflict that we had when I was in the Senate.