Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

What I don't want is our commercial aircraft to have to have two different systems to be able to cross.

Mr. President, the Federal Government has $950 billion worth of property it is not using right now. We are spending $9 billion a year taking care of it, and we have a budget gimmick that says an agency that needs a new building, because we…

First of all, let me thank my colleague from Alaska. As somebody who has been working on areas of fiscal management in our Federal Government for the last 6-plus years, this is one small step. Whether it saves $500 million or whether it…

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide liability protection to volunteer pilot…

Mr. President, all I want to do is get two amendments in the queue in 30 seconds.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment for consideration of Inhofe amendment No. 6. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?

Madam President, the Senator from Illinois was talking about our friend, our beloved Ronald Reagan. I thought I would make a couple of comments that might surprise a few people. I was not from Oklahoma originally. I was actually born in…

I yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Massachusetts. Egypt

Madam President, let me say that most everything the Senator from Illinois has talked about I agree with. We have been talking about this bill for a long time. I join Senator Rockefeller in encouraging anyone, Democrats particularly, to…

Will the Senator yield? One of the things that is interesting about northwest Arkansas is that you were just talking about Don Tyson. You could just as well have been talking about Sam Walton, Hunt, and many others. I do not know what it…

First of all, let me say that the manager has been very kind to me in offering to allow me to come up at some point. I do not care so much when it is, but I do have two amendments I have already discussed on the floor. I would like to get…

Mr. President, reclaiming my time. First of all, I thank you very much. The one set of amendments I have, I would hope to get into the managers' amendment or somehow have them come up and even be voice voted. But they are issues I have…

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To require the Administrator of the Federal Aviation…

I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment for the consideration of Inhofe amendment No. 7. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as…

I would like to thank Senator Lautenberg for scheduling this important hearing to examine the effectiveness of the Toxic Substances Control Act, or TSCA.

When we think about modernizing TSCA, several questions come to mind: Will reform allow EPA to foster, rather than stifle, innovation?

It is time to bring TSCA into the 21st Century.