and we want to congratulate both of those member states a of the osce -- states of the osce for a free and fair election in europe. with that, i thank my colleague, and i yield the floor. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from wyoming. mr. barrasso: thank you, madam president. i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be a vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: thank you, madam president. i come to the floor today to talk about the need for integrity in our elections. now, on monday, democrats in the rules committee, they took a field trip. democrats went to georgia. they continue their efforts there to start a panic about election laws. and i'm sure they'll take more field trips in the months ahead, taking over state election laws seems to be the democrats' number-one priority. it was their number-one bill in the house, h.r. 1. it was the number-one bill in the senate, s. 1. and democrats claim that they are only responding to

senator lummis: the biden administration has not yet announced a director of osc.hey have a lot on their plate right now. but could you talk about the importance of having someone at the helm at osc? >> thank you. the office had a number of missions. it had advocacy first and foremost and advocacy is not yearly. -- is not cheerleading. it is about identifying trends in the market. it is about helping companies break regulatory logjams. companies going overseas, we want to avoid that. it is about improving space economy statistics so we all make that her decisions. we did that with the bureau of economic analysis. advocacy is our legally mandated mission. in addition to work on regulatory reform, many space policy activities and high policy activities during the trump administration, and all the responsibilities associated with this. we made progress on all those fronts, i believe, and we. . need to pick up the pace -- and we need to pick up the pace. senator lummis: in your testimony, you talked about non-usa entities standing up. can you elaborate on the kind quin

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