Richard Shelby

Could you briefly explain the process on going within code 'T' to engage industry as you formulate requirements, definitions and program planning decisions in the new space exploration program.

This is one of the consequences, one of the amazing developments as the result of the President's charge, is to start looking at the full range of activities that we have in the Agency and applying them towards common solution.

I think that Senator Mikulski's idea about dealing with the National Academy of Sciences and getting their opinion on a lot of things is very sound.

I think it ought to be in other legislation. I am going to work with Senator Feingold. We all want to promote jobs in America. We believe the American worker can produce anything as well as, if not better than, any worker in the world. If…

The managers are prepared to accept the amendment offered by Senator Corzine. It is a good amendment and makes a lot of sense.

Absolutely. Senator Sarbanes and I agree with Senator Schumer and support further study of this issue. We have planned and drafted a letter to the Federal Reserve Board asking them to conduct a comprehensive review of this issue.

I take a minute to commend Mr. Durbin, the Senator from Illinois, for his good work in this area. He has recognized this as a very important issue and has done something about it. Whether it is Sallie Mae or anybody else, what we are…

I share my colleague's support of a procedure that will encourage the States to initiate passenger service through a competitive bid process. I believe it is important that Congress examine whether a competitive process can preserve and…

Indeed, my colleague from Mississippi is correct. The Senate bill does include funding for the Federal Aviation Administration to address problems of runway incursions, and it is my hope the FAA will perform testing as the Senator from…

None of the funds in this Act may be used to adopt rules or regulations concerning travel agent service fees unless the Department of Transportation publishes in the Federal Register revisions to the proposed rule and provides a period for…

It certainly appears that that is happening and that we're falling a bit of a victim to some of that at the moment.

I do believe that the citizens of my State, and, I think, this country, are willing to make the investment.

I trust it's why we will continue to support him and you and our military.

Accountability is critical, and we all have to be held accountable.

I believe, as a lot of people believe, we must stay the course, and we cannot, I believe we must not, cut and run.

In addition we have received letters from Chairman Greenspan of the Federal Reserve Board, Director Gilleran of the Office of Thrift Supervision and Chairman Powell of the FDIC expressing their concern regarding the breadth of Section 333…

I must tell you that I am disappointed in what I am hearing about the transit reauthorization.

We all benefit, do we not? All the airlines will ultimately benefit because they will have to change their business model to compete, or disappear.

Absolutely. We found that out here from oversight. But at the same time, it stifles competition.

Competition plans, we saw that the Department included a placeholder for competition plans in its FAA reauthorization proposal.

They will not release them although they do not need them?

What we are interested in, and you are too, is competition in the marketplace.

It is so important; competition.

Is it having an effect yet? Because that is the bottom line.

I will support any proposal that will increase competition in the commercial airline industry.