i had to look at my office next door for chief master sergeant patrick mcmahon.e're going to talk about stotcom's multidomain areas. i want to talk about what our priorities are and start with the most important thing in our command. my priorities are pretty straightforward. they're published in my vision and intent. you can pull them up off the internet and read them. it's pretty straightforward. i have three priorities. they've been the same since i took command. they'll be the same when i leave command. priority number one, above all else, we will provide our nation's strategic deterrent. priority number two, if deterrence fails, we'll provide a decisive response. decisive in every way that word can be defined. and priority number three, we'll do with a combat-ready force. that's who we are. there's the missions we do it with that you see on the screen. you see the model on the bottom that we brought back from strategic air command. our profession. see the dot, dot, dot at the end to remind our adversaries that if you don't want peace, we can go a different di

just look at my office next door for chief master sergeant patrick mcmahon.e'll talk today about - - perspective about a few things. talk about multi- domain perspectives but i think you'll find that pretty interesting. but the first thing i want to talk about is where our priorities are and start with the most important thing at our command. my priorities are pretty straightforward. publish in my vision and intent. you can pull them up off the internet and read them. it's pretty straightforward. i have three priorities. they've been the same since i took command and they will be the same when i leave command. priority number one, above all else we will provide our nation strategic - -. if deterrence fails, we will provide a decisive response, decisive in every way that word can be defined. and priority number three, we will deal with the combat ready force. that's who we are. they're the missions we do it with that you see on the screen. the motto on the bottom that we brought back from chief tj care command. we see that to remind our adversaries, if you don

mcmahon and chairman carter and ranking member wasserman, schultz and their staff for working hard to address the needs of service members and our veterans. i would like to thank my own staff, patrick magnuson, jo ann hoff and carlos elias for their dedication, hard work in moving this bill through the committee process to the senate floor and through conference negotiations. finally i want to thank chairman shelby and vice chairman leahy along with ranking member lowey for the dedication and leadership they provided throughout the bipartisan process. i strongly urge mile colleagues in the senate to support -- my colleagues in the senate to support final passage so we can get this bill to the president's desk. with that, mr. president, i yield back. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new jersey. mr. menendez: mr. president, i rise today to oppose president trump's nominee for commission to the i.r.s., mr. charles rettig. now more than ever the american people need government officials who are willing to stand up and speak truth to power. unfortunately, mr. rettig failed to convince me that he's up for that part of the job. during his time before the s