Madam President, I wish to address the issue of America's space program. Some very disturbing news has come out over the course of the Appropriations Committee's deliberations on the House-passed Commerce- State-Justice appropriations…

Mr. President, I just learned that the CJS subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee reported a bill out that made a substantial cut in the request for commercial crew in order for us to be able to have Americans flying on American…

Mr. President, what is our parliamentary situation? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate is in morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes.

May I be recognized. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Florida. ____________________

Mr. President, I rise to give my overall support for the content of the Defense authorization bill, but my considerable concern and, therefore, my ``no'' vote on final passage in the Committee on Armed Services was because the bill, as…

We think multiple-person crews are important but also realize that they are already in place on the passenger railroads in this country.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Shaun Easley, a Defense fellow serving on my staff, during consideration of the bill H.R. 1735, the Defense authorization bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

If we want to prevent these tragic accidents... we need to get PTC in place as quickly as possible.

We are facing cuts. I think we are going to have to reverse that course.

Tragically, the reason we are here for this hearing is that our rail safety efforts have not worked.

The American people are not going to put up with waiting for 5 years.