impeachment into a recall election because if that's where we're headed as a ountry, this will continue to hyten and get to place where e're not actually dealing with 100 million dollars of debt per hour so the hour we're sitting ere, another hundred million dollars of debt. when are we going to address problem? it's going to hang around the necks of our children and grandchildren. to know.at i want >> the question we've been talking about is what is your right? is it to defend the president? do?that what you have to you sit back and let it play out because it's going the play out what.tter >> it's not our role to defend theent. people here will see do. as what we yet i can tell you, when we look at the documents, i'll go in 've probably signed more bipartisan letters of inquiry than this administration any other republican member because oversight and transparency is a good thing. medicine for everybody regardless of the administration. said, i think what happens is where everything gets 30 second sound bites, and so, you know, we've got cameras out here right now. for is thate hoping jim jorda

general hyten, strategic command tells an interesting story, if i get the details right, don't quote me quoting the general. he was going to silicon valley to visit one of the companies there or a military facility near one of those and an airman pulls up in a pretty expensive car, airman, how do you afford a car like that? >> i'm a reservist i actually work for google. my normal job, but i'm a reservist because i want to be a part of this and that's like the best example i can answer what you said. i absolutely, we would leverage that and that would be an advantage of the space guard, if there were a space guard. >> great. and really good questions from the audience, so please keep them coming. i'll put mine aside, these are better. here is a question about foreign sale. if the u.s. government wants to maintain u.s. space leadership, what are the nro, air force and ic in general doing to enable u.s. private sector space companies to market and sell their capabilities to foreign partners and customers? foreign sales are critical to maintaining u.s. space company's competitive neness.

hyten. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the time until 1:30 p.m. will be equally divided between the two leaders or their designees. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator for texas. mr. cruz: mr. president, i rise today to give tribute to a great american, a great texan, a dear friend, and a 26-year veteran of this institution who has dedicated her career to serving the needs of her fellow citizens. her name is shea woodward hall. shea has worked as the west texas regional director on my team for seven years. she's now retiring. shea started working in the senate in 1993 when she was hired by my predecessor, senator kay bailey hutchison. as west texas regional director, shea started with 89 counties this her region. by land area, that's bigger than some states. shea could leave her office in abilene, drive seven hours north and still be in her region. that's how much territory she was responsible for. shea has always been willing to go the extra mile, literally. in her first three years working in the senate, shea put 75,000

hyten for appointment as vice chairman for the joint chiefs of staff and appointment to the air force while assigned to a position of importance and responsibility in in accordance with title 10 u.s.c. sections 1 154 and 6011 to be signed by 17 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense of the senate that debate on the nomination of general john e. hyten to be vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and for appointment in the united states air force to the grade indicated while assigned to a position of importance and responsibility in accordance with title 10 u.s.c. sections 1554 and 601 to be general shall be brought to a close. the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: does any senator wish to vote or change his or her vote? if not, the ayes are 73. the nays are 21. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion, we the undersigned senators in accordance with the prov