Senator Mark Kelly

Not once. Pulled off the floor or not pulled off the floor. I've never seen that on a single occasion. Maybe he's talking about his experience in the House. He was a House member.

Not once. Pulled off the floor or not pulled off the floor. I've never seen that on a single occasion. Maybe he's talking about his experience in the House. He was a House member.

Not once. Pulled off the floor or not pulled off the floor. I've never seen that on a single occasion. Maybe he's talking about his experience in the House. He was a House member.

Yeah, I don't know what goes on there, but you're right. I mean, Pete Hegseth, nothing against folks in journalism, right? I mean, we've got a lot of folks up here. You know, on Capitol Hill, it's a very important place. you know, role that you have, especially when it comes to keeping people like me, you know, politicians, folks in the Congress accountable, very important role.

Yeah, I don't know what goes on there, but you're right. I mean, Pete Hegseth, nothing against folks in journalism, right? I mean, we've got a lot of folks up here. You know, on Capitol Hill, it's a very important place. you know, role that you have, especially when it comes to keeping people like me, you know, politicians, folks in the Congress accountable, very important role.

Yeah, I don't know what goes on there, but you're right. I mean, Pete Hegseth, nothing against folks in journalism, right? I mean, we've got a lot of folks up here. You know, on Capitol Hill, it's a very important place. you know, role that you have, especially when it comes to keeping people like me, you know, politicians, folks in the Congress accountable, very important role.

I just don't see how that nine years or, you know, six or seven, whatever he was there at the Fox Saturday morning show has prepared him to walk into this job here potentially in a couple of weeks and run this enormous agency where the consequences of your job performance are so significant. We've got well over a million service members and then there's government employees.

I just don't see how that nine years or, you know, six or seven, whatever he was there at the Fox Saturday morning show has prepared him to walk into this job here potentially in a couple of weeks and run this enormous agency where the consequences of your job performance are so significant. We've got well over a million service members and then there's government employees.

I just don't see how that nine years or, you know, six or seven, whatever he was there at the Fox Saturday morning show has prepared him to walk into this job here potentially in a couple of weeks and run this enormous agency where the consequences of your job performance are so significant. We've got well over a million service members and then there's government employees.

Now I served in the Navy for 25 years. The person at the top of the organization always matters. It matters a lot. If he messes it up, He puts people's lives in danger, or he could wind up screwing up some acquisition program that costs the taxpayers multiple billions of dollars more because he was unprepared for the job.

Now I served in the Navy for 25 years. The person at the top of the organization always matters. It matters a lot. If he messes it up, He puts people's lives in danger, or he could wind up screwing up some acquisition program that costs the taxpayers multiple billions of dollars more because he was unprepared for the job.

Now I served in the Navy for 25 years. The person at the top of the organization always matters. It matters a lot. If he messes it up, He puts people's lives in danger, or he could wind up screwing up some acquisition program that costs the taxpayers multiple billions of dollars more because he was unprepared for the job.

And my Republican colleagues in this case, as you point out, in my view too, I don't think they address some of the more serious issues that we have with this nominee for this job.

And my Republican colleagues in this case, as you point out, in my view too, I don't think they address some of the more serious issues that we have with this nominee for this job.

And my Republican colleagues in this case, as you point out, in my view too, I don't think they address some of the more serious issues that we have with this nominee for this job.

Well, I haven't spoken to them since yesterday. At the committee hearing, I spoke to the chairman about having another round of questions. I think it's I think it's sort of unprecedented, you know, how abbreviated this hearing was. This is the first one I've done for the Secretary of Defense. We should have had an opportunity to ask more.

Well, I haven't spoken to them since yesterday. At the committee hearing, I spoke to the chairman about having another round of questions. I think it's I think it's sort of unprecedented, you know, how abbreviated this hearing was. This is the first one I've done for the Secretary of Defense. We should have had an opportunity to ask more.

Well, I haven't spoken to them since yesterday. At the committee hearing, I spoke to the chairman about having another round of questions. I think it's I think it's sort of unprecedented, you know, how abbreviated this hearing was. This is the first one I've done for the Secretary of Defense. We should have had an opportunity to ask more.

And I had a bunch of policy questions I wanted to ask him on specific programs, on CJADC2, on Sentinel, on SLCMN, on the state of our maritime industry, which is related to shipbuilding. Couldn't get to it because we're not allotted enough time. And you're talking about how significant this job is.

And I had a bunch of policy questions I wanted to ask him on specific programs, on CJADC2, on Sentinel, on SLCMN, on the state of our maritime industry, which is related to shipbuilding. Couldn't get to it because we're not allotted enough time. And you're talking about how significant this job is.