Joe Manchin

A major part of that, though, is about our behavioral health treatment, whether it's reducing the stigma associated with getting care and admitting to having behavioral health conditions.

We have 147 mission occupation specialties that are not including those that are in the Special Forces and under their control.

The conversions will be done.

Let us say that the same incentive--you give us the same amount of money to buy a natural gas bus. Let us make the decision.

If you could look at that differently, it would help us. We could reduce about 20 to 25 percent, I am told, our dependency on petroleum.

The Federal Government setting the tone, that if we all started looking at our mass transportation first coming from the Federal grants that we get.

It is the most doable thing that we have, to convert and remove about 25 percent of our dependency.

We depend an awful lot on mass transit, and especially our bus transportation

It has great potential, and you all--we could lead the charge here.

If 50 States were able to do that, we would reduce, I am told, around 20 to 25 percent of our dependency.

Maybe we can have those people come to a meeting, Mr. Chairman, at a future time, if it might be more helpful to us in rural States, sir.

53 percent of the public transportation is by bus, but only 10 percent of the money goes toward bus transportation.

The distribution of grant dollars from the FTA has slowed down significantly.

In the 21st century, the strength and appeal of our ideas and moral principles will be as important as our military might to America's leadership in the world.

The prohibition on cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment reflects American values and is in our country's best strategic interest.

The Russian Federation's aggressive actions against Ukraine threaten the Alliance's ability to achieve its strategic political objectives in the coming years.

NATO's enduring purpose is to safeguard the freedom and security of its members, and this includes promoting shared values and aiming to achieve a Europe, including Russia, that is whole, free, and at peace.

NATO is a uniquely important and capable Alliance, through which the United States and 27 allies confront together the broad range of diverse and difficult threats to our shared security interests.

Are we getting any equipment to the Kurds to defend themselves? Because they're the only ones who seem willing to fight and die for their country.

I can't believe that we're sending checks, giving them money designated for soldiers that don't even exist.

Could you check that out for me and let me know on that?

Do you know if there is any action being taken against them?

Who received the money? Since there were no soldiers receiving the pay, who took the graft?

Do you accept the audit proposal? We've been asking for an audit of DOD, agency by agency within the Defense Department.

At this time we're going to go ahead and recess, and I'm going to go vote, and we'll come right back.