This hearing has been called to explore a pressing concern: the increasing level of distracted driving relating to the use of communications...
It takes a tough, no-excuses approach to a texting ban.
I'm thrilled that you've introduced legislation, and look forward to working with you on both our bills.
I especially appreciate your leadership on this important issue.
We thought long and hard about how to write this bill and ultimately modeled it after the national minimum drinking age law.
I want to commend Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood for his excellent statement and his leadership on this issue.
A better approach is the one Senators Rockefeller, Hutchison, Lautenberg, Schumer and I are supporting.
I just reject that the same way as I reject the fact that there are plenty of people in West Virginia and other States that don't sign up fo...
I think the whole focus brought new energy to our Nation's broadband challenge.
Without broadband, we won't have an economy.
I think it's probably the most important agency because it has to do with homeland security.
TSA's success is vital to our Nation's transportation, to all the people who use it, and also, most importantly, to our Nation's security.
Doesn't the military have a responsibility, particularly when you are not in a huge situation...
DOD and its contractors have failed to meet their responsibility to our men in uniform.
But we make the soldier prove everything.
Six years is simply unacceptable.
We have a responsibility to make clear to the DOD just how important it is to prevent exposures when possible.
It is shocking. It is just shocking.
