Mr. Thornberry mentioned about ack which situation reform and making sure the system works better. I thank the chairman who has taken the lead on this issue. I think we have made significant improvements while acknowledging that we still have a long way to go to get the efficiency out of the pentagon budget. I think this bill does a great job supporting the troops and their families. Its basically the case we recruit a Service Member but you retain the family, and that means you have to provide for them. We support the 2. 5 pay raise in this bill and support the troops and their families in many different ways. This is a very good product. I also want to say, and i want to thank representative langevin on this issue. This bill states that Climate Change is a National Security threat. We make that the policy of the United States congress to acknowledge Climate Change and the impact that its going to have on our National Security. And representative langevin was tireless in making sure t
Quorum call mrs. Boxer mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from california. Mrs. Boxer i ask had a the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mrs. Boxer mr. President , we all know that our ally israel is in a fight for its survival because a terrorist group so named by the United States and europe is at war with israel right now. And we remember how it all started with the kidnapping of three israeli boys and the torture and their death, and hamas praised that. Tragically, there was a revenge killing, and the government arrested those responsible for it and theyre going to pay for that. While hamas praises praises what happened. Today i spoke with the ambassador, and i have to say just now this is what i heard him say, and i havent factchecked this, but as i understand it, there was a ceasefire in place. All sides agreed. Everybody agreed. Israel was going to be allowed to clear out the tunnels, which are being used to open up to had to h
American diplomats' failure to anticipate the Taliban's eventual takeover of Afghanistan played a key role in causing the deadly chaos of the August 2021 US withdrawal from Kabul.
A last-minute deal led to the Senate adding provisions extending the Afghan Special Immigrant Visa program through 2024 into the omnibus spending bill that funds the federal government, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said in an email.