Choice is alive and well.

As I talk to our military leaders, certainly terrorism is on their list of worries.

Our military officers often tell me that Russia may be our--is our most--is our greatest challenge.

Investment in the State Department's programs, when they're reduced, gives other countries the opportunity to advance their causes if we leave any gap unfilled.

we can't judge our priorities necessarily by the levels of spending.

I look forward to making certain that you are an advocate for rural America and for agriculture in the urban and suburban areas of our country which desperately need ... to know about what we do and how it affects them as well.

100 years ago today, Lions Clubs International was created in Chicago, IL, and today the Senate is considering adoption of this resolution, S. Res. 174, commemorating this tremendous occasion. One hundred years later, Lions Clubs…

The under-treatment of hearing loss in the United States is a significant public health issue.

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I would remain skeptical, Madam Secretary, that rural America and, particularly, the contract tower program would be more secure with privatization of air traffic control and run by a Board of 13 people.

A majority of the Senate, in fact, a majority of both Republicans and Democrats in the Senate put the efforts together to make sure contract towers were supported.

But the reason that we were unable to do that is this topic that now is in front of us again, privatization of air traffic control.

I learn something about the Choice Program almost every day, certainly every week in conversations with veterans and conversations with health care providers.

is our priority a long-term FAA reauthorization, or is it privatization of air traffic control, because those two things may be mutually exclusive.

I would ask for your commitment that this is going to be a joint effort with VSOs.

I think one of the problems with privatization is the removal of Congress from having a role to play.

I would put the risk of the survival of contract towers in the hands of Congress much more easily than I would put it in the hands of a board of 13 people making decisions nationwide.

We cannot afford to provide two different systems of service.