In summary, we believe the existing proposed Order with these changes to the Rules will result in a significantly improved Wireless Emergency Alert system.

Ensuring state and local governments have the proper tools and safeguards to properly alert the public of an impending emergency is absolutely critical.

The Wireless Emergency Alert system is a critical tool for public safety.

The authority to send missile alerts should rest with the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security.

What happened in Hawaii raises some basic policy questions.

A missile attack is not a local responsibility.

I think time and again we've seen over the last 5 years that Wireless Emergency Alerts are a lifesaver.

I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule XXII, the Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Powell nomination. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Thank you so much for your leadership on this bill. I think we all saw his passion in his opening comments.

There is an urgency for the Senate to pass the AV START Act, because it will create for innovators a consistent, national regulatory framework for automated vehicles.

Passage of this legislation will allow us to realize the three transportation revolutions we so often talk about: shared mobility, electrification, and automated vehicles enhanced by digitalization.

last year alone, there were nearly 40,000 fatalities in the U.S. at a cost of over $410 billion, and more than 90 percent of those were due to human error.

Thank you for this opportunity to share Honda North America, Inc.'s views on the 'Driving Automotive Innovation and Federal Policies' hearing.

I deeply appreciate the efforts of Chairman Thune, Senator Peters, Ranking Member Nelson, and all of the Committee Members in sponsoring and passing the AV START Act.

I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule XXII, at 5 p.m., all postcloture time be considered expired and the Senate vote on confirmation of the Powell nomination; that if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and…

I am glad that Democrats decided that they needed to reopen the government. The political theater they engaged in over the weekend endangered funding for our military, threatened the future of the Children's Health Insurance Program, and…

Thank you for your leadership and commitment to the safe deployment of automated vehicles onto the public roads.

today I recognize Ms. Emily Patrolia, a Knauss Sea Grant fellow 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 members of the committee over the past…