Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on February 16, 2011, at 9:30 a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on February 16, 2011, at 10 a.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on February 16, 2011, at 10:30 a.m., in SD-430. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Madam President, I wish to catch up the membership on the floor and off the floor a little bit about where we are. We are at midweek for a third week of consideration of the FAA reauthorization bill. Last night, Senator Reid filed cloture…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. supplemental carriers

I appreciate my colleague's concerns about how supplemental carriers have been treated in the FAA's rulemaking process dealing with pilot flight and duty time. As you are aware, modernizing the pilot flight and duty regulations has been…

Let me catch up a bit on where we are. The Senate has been working on this national slots issue for close to 1 year or it may be 10 years. I don't know. It has been an awfully long time. But we have been unable to achieve a resolution so…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 75, as Further Modified

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate resume consideration of the Baucus amendment No. 75, as further modified--this is the amendment for the finance title of the bill we are on which was reported out by the Finance…

I will be objecting to your amendments because you objected to the pending amendments, and there will be no reason to add more unless you lift your objection.

I would say to the Senator from Oklahoma, most of the pending amendments which are now pending have been objected to from his side of the aisle. I don't have any objection to looking at some of his amendments and seeing if we can vote on…

Admiral Mullen said at the same hearing that the July 2011 date 'has given the Afghans a sense of urgency that they didn't have before the decision was made.'

We send our men and women to war on multiple deployments and give them medications to keep them awake, to help them sleep, and to help ease the physical and psychological pain of being in a stressful environment.

reform the way the Pentagon does business--to not only make every defense dollar count, but also to become a more . . . effective organization.

General Schwartz, what is the current status of our modernization program for C-5s?

The Air Force is committed to reduce its fuel consumption and the cost of the fuel it buys.

General Schwartz, how does the Air Force envision the C-5 mission in future years?

You have also stated that your goals for energy security include a commitment to generate at least 50 percent of all the energy the Navy and Marine Corps use from alternative sources no later than 2020.