This is an important subject and one that we obviously want answers on.

Obviously, you have a public interest requirement that you have to look into, and I am trying to get at the issue with respect to this merger how the FCC might define the public interest standard.

I also understand that the marines at Camp Lejeune have been unable to obtain the EMMA TRICARE benefit for Wounded Warriors

I think that a longer term is better than these short, you know, month-to-month type extensions that we've been dealing with here lately.

Mr. President, yesterday, one of my colleagues criticized me for trying to redirect unspent stimulus funding to pay for tax relief for small businesses by citing all the jobs the stimulus bill supposedly created. I, as many people do, have…

Mr. President, I also ask unanimous consent that Senators Bennett and Roberts be added as cosponsors. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I have an amendment I introduced yesterday at the desk and I have some modifications to it which are also at the desk. I ask unanimous consent that the amendment be so modified. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection…

I think there's a lot of uncertainty out there right now, with the State DOTs and highway programs, about what the funding levels are going to be, and I would like to see us get to work on a highway bill this year.

I would--the only thing I would say--and, Mr. Chairman, I think this is one of those issues that really ought to--it would be more appropriately considered, by this committee, as part of an authorizing bill.

Yes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Thune] proposes an amendment numbered 3338 to amendment No. 3336.

Madam President, I call up amendment No. 3338 and ask for its immediate consideration.

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'')

Madam President, as we all know, our economy is suffering. We have an unemployment rate that is currently at 9.7 percent. Furthermore, we have large portions of the population that are either underemployed or have dropped out of the…

I think the questions that need to be answered are, When was the problem first identified? Was Toyota too slow to react?

It just seems like the example of a pilot who lives in Hawaii and operates out of Florida--it--just as a practical matter.

On the 1-year anniversary of this very tragic crash, we continue to try and get answers, and continue to try and come up with policies that we think make sense and that will prevent anything like this from ever happening in the future.

And there are multiple government agencies that deal with, and have some role in preventing, cyber attacks.

I'm just trying to think about what our role is, in terms of a worldwide problem.