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Amendment en bloc. As our men and women transition out of the armed forces, they are confronted with a number of challenges as they reintegrate into civilian life. My amendment offers a simple change to current d. O. D. Policy that i believe will greatly benefit our Service Members as they return home. Based on Bipartisan Legislation ive introduced, the Service Members transition improvement act, this amendment would require a Pilot Program at d. O. D. To transmit a comprehensive copy of a Service Members information to state veterans agencies. Veterans Service Agencies are a powerful resource...

So, ladies and gentlemen, and congressman, thank you very much for that conversation. Heres how were going to proceed for the remainder of our our. We will engage in a short and brief conversation up here. Ive a couple of questions im going to pick up on based on your comments this morning and then we will open the microphone for questions from the floor. So be thinking about the questions that you want to ask and when the time comes well ask you to raise your hand and do our usual procedure of wait for the microphone and identify your identify yourself. Let me start out with a couple thoughts...

Realize more fully that they are servants of heaven and stewards of your mysteries. May faithfulness be the litmus test by which they evaluate each action. May they never be careless about their spiritual and moral growth. As you make them your instruments for achieving lasting peace and justice in troublesome times. We pray in your sacred name. Amen. The presiding officer please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and ju...

Leadership and the command master sargeants of the various units that are based at fort campbell, kentucky. We found that already the ability to train, the ability to retain, the ability to act with the kind of proficiency which is necessary in todays world is already being seriously degraded. So i ask my colleagues in working with senator sessions and this will be a sessions amendment to consider at least this amendment to the National Defense authorization act so that we can at least soften the blow to some degree of sequestration. Senator Lamar Alexander and i were taken by the patriotism a...

Is that the u. S. Market share there has declined. I think that the federal government must continue its efforts to help develop small modular reactors, and i think that we can do this without putting International Security at risk or violating nonproliferation controls. Mr. President , the energy resurgence has fueled a beneficial expansion of u. S. Energy trade, and the evidence is clear that exports can help facilitate enhanced production by opening up u. S. Supply to global markets. Trade is creating jobs, its increasing supply, its enhancing our nations security, without doubt. Competitio...