mrs. barrett. >> thank you chairman hoff -- inhofe and ranking member reed. it's a grape right to introduce fellow arizonians and my personal friend ambassador barbara barrett. many of you know barbara for outstanding accomplishments and leadership spanning from the business world academia to international diplomacy. a few of these include the deputy federal aviation administrator serving as the u.s. ambassador to finland her time at the u.s. mission at the united nations previous position maker phenomenal choice to lead a military service branch but her unique experiences are what make her the best choice to lead our air force at this important time in history. first and foremost she's a pilot herself so she thinks in three dimensions. she always looks up and shares a passion for flying for the airmen she would leave. ambassador barrett has vast managing experience. this tantrum president of the thunderbird school of management she was responsible for creating -- this global outlook will be vital as we adapt to the resurgence of great power competition in th

mr. secretary. and ms. barrett. >> chairman inhofe, ranking member reed, distinguished members of this important committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you with acting secretary of the army ryan mccarthy. i appreciate your attention to her nomination. i hope to build a relationship with each of you should at the conference. i would like to thank the president for his nomination and the secretary of defense for the possible privileged to again serve our great nation. i would like to recognize my family who were here with me today. my husband craig, the love of my life and the kind of guy you'd want your son to grow up to be. also, my sisters jill and patty, and sister-in-law lori all traveled from western pennsylvania. send atomic sally, thank you for your kind introduction as the first woman -- senator mcsally -- the first woman to fly an aircraft engaged in combat begin a first in what is required of our airmen. i am grateful for your confidence and your friendship. this committee profoundly understands the threats great power competition presents to our national interests. as properly

mr. inhofe: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent to include my remarks. the presiding officer: without objection. the senator for oklahoma. mr. inhofe: mr. president, general hyten is before the senate today to be confirmed. we're anxious to get this. it's been a long time in the working and it's going to happen today. and i'm very thankful not just for the sake of general hi it ten but for -- for general hyten, but other officers, officers looking at a future and knowing the problems that exist out there. i've stood on this very spot and talked about exactly what our nation is dealing with when it comes to our national security. the world is more dangerous now than it's ever been in my lifetime. china and russia are noting their caibts capabilities as we've fallen behind. our national defense strategy lays it out. we have a document we use, our blueprint, put together by democrats and republicans some time ago. we adhere to it and as chairman of the armed services committee, i have adhered to it. the department of defense explemented the national -- impl

mr. inhofe: madam president, i agree with the comments made by the senator from alabama. there's one problem with this. that is, it's not paid for. i am supporting it. actually i am a cosponsor on the bill and was a cosponsor of the bill long before this year, but we're going to have to really get busy and figure out how to pay for this thing. it is very expensive, but i do encourage people to vote for it. the presiding officer: the question is on the jones resolution. the yeas and nays. a sufficient second. there appears to be. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote? seeing none, the yeas are 94, the nays are zero. the resolution is agreed to. the question occurs on the schatz resolution. there are two minutes of debate equally divided prior to this vote. the senator from hawaii. mr. schatz: thank you, madam president. this resolution urges the inclusion of the federal employee paid leave act in the final conference agreement on ndaa. this legislation provides 12 weeks of

senators inhofe, wicker, fischer, cotton, rounds, ernst, perdue, scott of florida, blackburn, reed, shaheen, blumenthal, hirono, kaine, king, heinrich, warren, peters, manchin, duckworth and jones. mr. lankford: i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 417. the presiding officer: the question is on the motion. all in favor say aye. opposed, no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the motion is agreed to. the clerk will report the nomination. the clerk: nomination, department of treasury, brian mcguire of new york to be deputy under secretary. mr. lankford: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the cloture motion. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of brian mcguire of new york to be deputy under secretary of the treasury, signed by 17 senators as follows. mcconnell, cotton -- mr. lankford: i request the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lankford: i ask unanimous consent the senate be in a period of