mr. inhofe: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: mr. president, it's my understanding that prior to my remarks on the floor we were going to recognize the senator from minnesota for ten minutes or so and so if that is still desired by the senator from minnesota, i'd be glad to yield. and since the senator from minnesota is not present, i'll go ahead and make my remarks. i do ask unanimous consent that i be recognized as if in morning business for such time as i shall consume. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: thank you. first of all, i'm here today to share some news about a key subject we've been talking about for quite some time, and that la gato. it's a complicated thing. it is something where one company was able to get russia over a weekend in april of 2020 and get recognized and agreement from the f.c.c. to have an operation that deals with the -- with the individuals that are wanting to be involved in this group. the 15 government democrats and agencies signed a petition for reconsideration of a flawed decisio

mr. inhofe: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. hofe: madam president, i ask unanimous consent that i complete my remarks before the vote is called. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. inhofe: thank you very much. madam president, this is the fourth speech this year that i had arguing how we're going to have to match our defense resources to our national defense strategy. as a reminder, this is the national defense strategy. people seem to be forgetting about this. this was put together in 2018. here are the names of the individuals, and one was former colleague that was jon kyl. so we had to have 12, six republicans and six democrats. and everyone agreed this is what we need to do not just for 2018, but for each year afterwards. and for this year, for example, they actually have in here we should be increasing the defense budget by between 3% and 5%. i show this because we all adhere to this, democrats and republicans, up until this year. this is the first time that i've had a chance to talk about this budget in the biden

mr. inhofe: thank you, mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from oklahoma. mr. inhofe: mr.resident, let me thank my friend for recognizing me for something i consider to be and he considers to be and the rest of the senate considers to be very significant. our hearts are very heavy today because, like so many of my colleagues, i am mourning the death of my dearest friend, senator mike enzi of wyoming. i say dearest friend because he is. you know, mike enzi was a quiet leader in the senate. there aren't too many quiet leaders in the senate. when he talked, everyone listened. and that's a rare quality in a senator. he was humble. now, other than his humility, we had a lot in common. we were both businessmen before getting into politics. we had that in common. we were both mayors of major cities. we had that in common. we were elected to the senate within just about the same time, just a very short time after we -- the first, the second came along. so we had a lot in common. something people might not know about mike is he had a heart for the downtrodden. he helped people that