I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration en bloc of the following resolutions submitted earlier today: Senate Resolutions 379, 380, and 381. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider…

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

We need to do all that we can to promote America's manufacturing sector and create the jobs that we want.

These are well-considered, deregulatory reforms--the type of intelligent reforms that Congress should think about during the #CommActUpdate.

We want to work to reauthorize STELA.

I strongly support this draft and encourage others to do so as well.

We need to work in a bipartisan basis. And my prediction is we can get to the finish line.

It is important to remember that this is not the venue for comprehensive reform.

I strongly support this draft, and encourage others to do so as well.

This bill will help create those jobs not only in plants that manufacture chemicals but also in plants that use them to make cars, computer chips, and thousands of other goods.

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More than a million and a half satellite TV subscribers rely on the provisions of STELA that expire at the end of the year.

Put simply, the Chemicals in Commerce Act is in fact a jobs bill.

Today is an important milestone in our efforts to modernize current law regulating the management of U.S. chemicals.

In learning from SBInet and looking forward to what we are doing here with the Arizona Border Surveillance Technology Plan, one of the pieces that was missing before I think were performance metrics that we would be able to look at and…

Five hundred million dollars to $700 million for deployment and what is O&M cost over 10 years?

I want to know to answer my colleague from South Carolina's question, in 2 years, in 5 years, in 10 years, when we are looking back at the $600 million plus that we have spent, how do we know that it was a success?

Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 3675) to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for greater transparency and efficiency in the procedures followed by the Federal Communications Commission, as…