Richard L. Morningstar, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The Executive Order will require the Department of Defense to set forth rules for how educational institutions gain access to military installations.

These extraordinary honorees come from different backgrounds and different walks of life, but each of them has made a lasting contribution to the life of our Nation.

Matthew J. Bryza, of Illinois, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Madam President, I will vote for S. 1789, the 21st Century Postal Service Act, because it is undeniable that the Postal Service is facing a crisis and something must be done very soon. There are those who say that this bill goes too far in…

socialist power systems, and restrictions to free competition, of all the things to a socialist in America, this is at the top of the list, that I am very concerned about.

The Chu memo is about competition. It is about free and fair open markets.

we have a long way to go in adapting the infrastructure and operating systems to allow a level playing field for new companies, new businesses, new models, and new technologies to take hold.

I think without question what we have here is a political objective, and I think we ought to recognize it as such.

Not having the Department present to address those questions makes this a venue ripe for conjecture and misinformation.

Better planning, wider coordination, and using the best technologies are ways of ultimately reducing costs to consumers.

Where Secretary Chu sees opportunity for efficiency and improved access to transmission and increased market competition, Republicans see a different opportunity.

The Power Marketing Administrations can and should work toward those objectives.

The Republicans are so committed to the idea that modernization equals higher energy costs that they wrote it directly into the title of today's hearing.

I call up my amendment No. 2050. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New York [Mr. Schumer] proposes an amendment numbered 2050.

I ask unanimous consent further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To maintain all current door delivery point services) On page…

Madam President, there are more than 35 million households and businesses that receive door delivery in every State across the country. As originally written, the postal reform bill would have pushed the Postal Service to stop delivering…

There have been serious lapses in HUD's oversight in the HOME program.