We have quite a few more. This is the time of year, and we have general todd walters, and i appreciate very much the time we spent together last week. And general stephen lyons, so i appreciate you two, the years of service that you have donated and given to your country. As stated many times before, the Armed Services committees top priority is to ensure the effective implementation of the National Defense strategy. We have that. Yeah. We have it pretty much surprised me, senator, how we have really stuck with the from the very beginning. With that from the very beginning. It means that we must ensure that in this era of great power and competition with russia and china, that our military services are resourcing commands to address the challenge of strategic competition. This is especially true of our two combatant commands that are here today, ucom is focused on deterring vladimir putin, who has repeatedly shown his willingness to use force to achieve his political objectives, and th
Political level, as a result of recent documents that were approved at the political level, we are seeing greater cohesion. For the first time in over six decades, we at nato approved the first nato military strategy. It is a document that is classified, nato secret, that codifies the threat and codifies the activity we need to embrace to more comprehensively defend all 29 nations agreeing to the nato military strategy. I think that is a reflection at the political level, the military level, of improving cohesion. We talked about the shipbuilding program, can you give us a quick summary of where we are at and where we have to go . Gen. Lyons yes, senator. On toow, we depend carry 90 of our Cargo Capacity in a wartime scenario. Our readiness of the fleet is below where we needed to be. It is rapidly reaching the end of useful life. We are working closely with the nato the navy. I anticipate we will purchase two in 2021 working closely with the navy. My view is we should have the first v
We begin with a new debate in the 2020 campaign and the issue of democratic socialism, something that Bernie Sanders talked about in his speech at George Washington university and in a recent cnn interview. We want to ask you this question , specifically, would you be willing to pay more taxes for Free Education and health care . Here are the numbers. 202 7488000 if you say yes. 202 7488001 if you say no. You can also join us on social media at cspan wj on twitter [video clip] twitter. J on we want to get your calls and comments in a minute, but to frame the argument there is this the new york magazine. Why does bernie so fervently cling to the issue of democratic socialism. Host thats this morning from new yorker magazine. Getting to your calls in a moment, but first, following his speech at George Washington university, which is by the way available at our website, senator sanders appeared on cnn and was asked this question. [video clip] onlye United States is the major country on ea
Objection. Ms. Collins madam president , as the snoor senior as the senior republican woman in the senate today, i am pleased to begin a series of speeches, along with my good friend from california, the senior democratic woman senator, senator Dianne Feinstein to commemorate a significant milestone in our nations history, 100 years ago today the Senate Finally passed the 19th amendment which affirmed the right of women to vote in elections. Madam president , all of us recall that in 1775, as the Second Continental Congress was forging a new nation conceived in liberty, be a gale add Abigail Adams admonished her husband john to, quote, remember the ladies, end quote. Despite Abigail Adams advice, it took a century and a half for women to adhief their right achieve their rightful place as full u. S. Citizens. On june 4, 1919, the United States Senate Passed the 19th amendment to our constitution. The courage and determination exhibited by generations of women and men were rewarded in ju
Series of speeches along with my good friend from california, a senior democratic senator. Senator Dianne Feinstein to memorate a consistent significant milestone in our nations history. 100 years ago today, the Senate Finally passed the 19th amendment which affirmed the right of women to vote in elections. Madam president , all of us that in 1775, as the Second Continental Congress was forging a new nation conceived in liberty, Abigail Adams admonished her husband john to remember the ladies. Despite her advice, it took nearly a century and a half for women to achieve their rightful place as full u. S. Citizens. 1919, the United States Senate Passed the 19th amendment to our constitution. The courage and determination exhibited by generations of rewarded inn were two sentences. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any states. N account of sex Congress Shall have the power to enforce this by appropriate legislatio