The decade of delay is over. I am relieved that our airmen and women and our Kansas workers can now look to the future with certainty. Replacing the aging tanker fleet with the next-generation Boeing tanker is essential to the security of our country and safety of our troops, and is a much-needed economic boost to our state. Let’s get to work.

The best way to get our debt under control is to set a budget and stick to it no excuses. The Senate took a promising first step today, but when we're borrowing more than $5 billion a day, $4 billion in cuts is nothing to write home about. We need to get the issue of last year's spending behind us so we can do the real work of adopting a budget to reduce the deficit next year and into the future.

Senator Moran discusses the tanker contract announcement with Roger Cornish.

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today strongly encouraged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to direct the U.S. representative at the United Nations Security Council to veto a Palestinian-sponsored resolution condemning Israeli settlements. The Security Council is expected to vote on the resolution tomorrow.