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Dianne Emiel Feinstein was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from California from 1992 until her death in 2023. She was the first woman to hold this position, breaking significant barriers in a predominantly male political landscape. Throughout her tenure, Feinstein was known for her advocacy on issues such as gun control, environmental protection, and intelligence oversight, playing a pivotal role in shaping legislation in these areas.
I wish to speak about the unfortunate extension of the deadline for the implementation of positive train control, or PTC. As one of the authors of the Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008-- which established the PTC mandate--I stand here…
President, I rise today to submit a resolution recognizing the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. On November 4, 1995, after a major peace rally, then-Prime Minister Rabin was gunned-down by an Israeli nationalist…
The first is from the Washington Post dated October 22, entitled ``The Senate should take a crucial first step on cybersecurity.'' The second is in today's Wall Street Journal, and it is entitled ``A Cyber Defense Bill, At Last: Data…
However, over the years, the relationship between DOE and the labs has eroded.
This is a new industry. It is an unregulated industry. You do not have the authority currently to do anything to see that that does not happen. This is of serious and grave concern to me.
The Government is responsible for setting the 'what' of strategic and program direction to meet the Nation's needs, while contracted university and industry partners are responsible for determining precisely 'how' to meet the technical and…
I hope that as a product of this hearing, and others, Madam Chairman, that there will be cooperation from the industry.
Our most fundamental conclusion does come from the paragraph that Senator Feinstein read.
I do not want to see any waste. I am one that supports the downsizing of them.
Under her leadership in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014, she charged the Secretary of Energy with establishing an independent advisory commission to examine the effectiveness of the national laboratories.
Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I think you know how much I really enjoy the relationship that we have and the comradery, the friendship, and also the diligence of both of our staffs.
we have appreciated working with Senator Feinstein to promote the safe use of non-commercial UAS
I do not share your excitement over the drone. Perhaps, like the chairman of this committee, we serve in a different capacity where we see harm, dramatic harm, that can be done by drones and the re-rigging of drones, and those drones…
It would be nice to have a few more dollars, and I look forward to working with you in that regard as well.
Therefore, I ask my colleagues to join with me in voting no on the Wyden amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the Wyden amendment, as modified.
The National Energy Laboratories provide great value to the Nation in their service to DOE's mission, the needs of the broader national science and technology community, and the security needs of the Nation as a whole.
I thank you very much. Madam President, I just want to say a personal word to Chairman Burr, and maybe it is to everyone in this body. One of the things I have learned from two prior cyber bills is that if you really want to get a bill…
Without regulation, Mr. Huerta, it is only a question of time before a commercial airliner comes down.
I wish to speak and urge a ``no'' vote on amendment No. 2552, known as the Coons amendment. This amendment essentially adds another layer of review to the bill's current requirements. We worked this out in an earlier amendment with Senator…
Thank you, Mr. President. I wish to begin by thanking the chairman for his work on the bill. For me, this has been a 6-year effort. It hasn't been easy. It hasn't been easy because we have tried to strike a balance and make the bill…
Government and the contractor should work together as partners in a relationship with clearly understood roles.
DOE should give the laboratories and management and operating contractors the authority to operate with more discretion whenever possible.
I rise regretfully to speak against the amendment directly following the important monument of 15,000 votes by one of the idols of my life, but so be it. As it might become very clear, Senator Burr and I, on a bill that came out of…
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