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It would be great if you could reduce litigation.

I was disappointed that you voted on May 6, 2014 against an amendment during consideration of the CPSC's 2014 Mid-Year Review.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I want to thank Mark for being here today and very much helping inform our thinking and help shape an agenda that would be good for rural America and good for our tribes.

I look forward to Mr. Tilsen offering his firsthand knowledge and experience to the Ag Committee as we consider how to advance economic development strategies in small communities.

I appreciate very much your holding this hearing today and providing this Subcommittee with an opportunity to hear from leaders in rural America.

There are a lot of us in Congress, myself included, who have been frustrated by the whole issue of not being able to get the Keystone Pipeline approved.

Those are the issues on which we should be focused. I hope we will start--and start creating jobs and opportunities for the American people. ____________________

So there is no departure from the precedent as to what constitutes a one-way trip today?

Are we routinely checking TWIC holders against relevant criminal and counterterrorism databases to mitigate the risk that these people are getting access to sensitive locations?

I have a TWIC question.

I hope the Administrator can explain how his recent efforts to implement a risk-based approach to transportation security at the agency make it more efficient and effective at fulfilling its mission of securing the Nation's transportation…

I would appreciate if you could get some clarification to us on exactly how you intend to implement that.

As I noted in my opening statement, the Bipartisan Budget Agreement of 2013... increased the TSA passenger security fee...

I agree with Senator Warner that the tragedy at the Norfolk Navy Yard was very unfortunate.

Today I recognize Commander Kathy Felger, a congressional affairs fellow for the U.S. Coast Guard on the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, for all of the hard work she has done for me, my staff, and other…

We are being heard when it comes to addressing what is a logistics and operations issue for all the railroads involved

I think what we just heard was a number of our Members have amendments they are going to talk about and offer when we get on the bill--and I assume we will at some point--so we can debate and vote on them. We are talking about an issue…