I want to come back to artificial turf because as much as we pursue the consumer danger de jour...

I do not think we can move much more slowly at this point.

I very much appreciate that commitment.

tomorrow we will vote on a very important amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act, the Military Justice Improvement Act, introduced by my colleague and friend, the junior Senator from the State of New York. I have worked with…

They are dressed up in new technology, but they are basically scams, con artists using a different technology.

Well, if I were a rider listening to this testimony, I would be dumbfounded and outraged.

Congress should be and will be blamed if we postpone the deadline for 5 or 7 years as right now the proposal is to do.

We are a nation that put a man on the moon. We are operating a vehicle remotely on Mars, but our railroads have not yet implemented a technology that is existing, it is feasible and practical and affordable.

I find completely unacceptable about delay and nonfeasance, as I have said repeatedly.

I would like a commitment from you that the FRA will, in fact, impose fines on railroads that have failed to implement positive train control if they fail to do so by 2015.

I think that is the basis for legislative change, is to broaden your authority so that enforcement can be more effective.

I ask unanimous consent that privileges of the floor be granted to Larry Babin, my military fellow, who is also a major in the Army, during the pendency of the National Defense Authorization Act. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

I appreciate the courtesy of the Presiding Officer in the Chamber in allowing me to speak this late in the day about issues that are vital to our national defense, which will be addressed tomorrow and during the course of the week in votes…

I am happy for that very pertinent and important question from my colleague from Oregon. In fact, the majority leader's amendments would not only scale back and roll back the protections for the American people in the event of exigent or…

I thank the Chair. Mr. President, I am very grateful for the opportunity to follow my distinguished colleague from Vermont and to emphasize some of the points that he has just made. But first let me thank Senator Wyden for his leadership…

I think that is the correct word of the failure of the two formularies, Department of Defense and Veterans Administration, to coordinate.

the legislative draft being worked on by Senators Hoeven and Blumenthal will ensure this to be the case.

DAV thanks Senator Blumenthal for introducing this critical measure and for your Committee staff for working with us in its development.

I want to join in thanking the DAV for its support for women's health care, one of the great challenges of our time, increasingly important as more women become veterans.

My feeling is that the VA, or perhaps more directly veterans treatment options, should not be determined by whether or not they have an opportunity to speak in front of Congress.

I want to thank you personally for your understanding on behalf of myself, and I think I speak for Senator Hoeven.

I just want to thank you for supporting this initiative because I think it is very important in broadening the opportunities that are available for health care for our veterans.

I welcome that directive or policy change.

Thanks for holding this hearing. I, too, very much welcome this profoundly significant discussion of health care issues.

And that the approach be, in effect, evidence-based and that it be consistent with patient safety?