Mr. President, I wish to address an issue that the Senator from Alabama touched on before he leaves the floor. I am here to speak about the Florida Everglades, but since the Senator just raised the issue of the Gulf of Mexico, which is…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator. He knows how affectionate I am toward him as a friend. I appreciate that friendship and that willingness in a bipartisan way--even when we had all kinds of thorny issues, such as national missile defense…

Mr. President, 30 years ago today, it was very cold in Florida at the Kennedy Space Center. Both pads had been readied for the first time--a space shuttle on 39A and 39B--since the Space Shuttle Columbia, which was the 24th flight, was so…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be able to display for the Senate a model of the space shuttle. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for yesterday's vote to confirm the nomination of John Michael Vazquez of New Jersey to be U.S. district judge for the District of New Jersey. I would have voted yea. Mr. President, I was necessarily…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be granted as much time as I might consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Remembering the Crewmembers of the Space Shuttle ``Challenger'', the Space Shuttle…

What effect has uncertainty regarding the use of Russian-made engines had on our defense posture? What effect would continued uncertainty have going forward?

What effect would the combination of an immediate ban on the use of Russian-made engines and early termination of the current EELV Launch Capability (ELC) contract have on Defense Department access to space?

Senator Nelson. General Robinson, in your previous commands you have acknowledged the need to sweep vast geographic areas to detect potential adversary movement in order to vector scarce information, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR)…

Mr. President, have you ever flown a drone? It used to be that you had to fly helicopters or it used to be that you would fly what we call unmanned aerial vehicles, the ones that have been so helpful to us in the war against terror. That…

Just to echo Senator Booker's comments and to say that we want you to get on and get completed with this study, so that the excessive number of hours in an industry that is vital to our economy will help improve the safety.