say where we have commonality is truly when it comes to protecting our nation, our nation's defense. both of us serve on the armed services committee. and while we've had some differences, whether it's over the jcpoa, which president biden was negotiating with iran, maybe differences of thought on afghanistan, certainly there is a lot of commonality. and we do come together to make sure that the men and women that are wearing our uniform, the uniform of our nation, that we provide them with what they need, their training, their weapons platforms, making sure that they have survivability. all of that is extremely important. and to senator shaheen and i and our parties at large. we have great commonality when we come together and sit in the armed services room, really debating some of those topics. and we're getting ready to embark on the national defense authorization act debate, what we call committee markup,