Certainly I agree with you 100 percent, and that's why the ATA supports electronic onboard recorders.

We feel that electronic onboard recorders are about 10 or 15 years overdue.

There's no question that electronic onboard recorders are needed.

I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Hawaii is recognized.

I rise today in support of the motion to waive section 303 of the Budget Act and to allow the Senate to move forward with its consideration of the MilconVA appropriations bill. I would like to say for the record that I agree with the…

I am pleased that we are beginning consideration of the fiscal year 2012 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill. This bill passed out of the Committee on Appropriations by a unanimous vote of 30 to 0. It is the hope…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to a period of morning business for debate only until 8 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

if you stay in something called public service... there are endless definitions of what public service is.

the government pays for certain kinds of medical education whole cloth.

I am pleased to introduce legislation today, cosponsored by my colleagues Senator Reid of Nevada, Senator Blunt of Missouri, and Senator Akaka of Hawaii, that will provide duty- free treatment to U.S. imports of finished Philippine apparel…

I can assure you that the matter of the unemployed and homeless will be a very high priority.

Since the very beginning of this Program in 1992, Congress has stood with us in support of this important approach in the fight against breast cancer.

Our military families deserve no less.

I believe what Americans expect from their leaders is for them to wake up every morning with a sense of urgency about this crisis.

I am aware of the importance of the Department's role in the development and delivery of timely and accurate weather and climate forecasts.

An acquisition strategy should be in place to ensure that the processes and procedures are providing the public with the best service for its tax dollar.

I rise today to speak about the importance of the Emergency Medical Service for Children, or EMSC, Program. Recently, we celebrated National EMSC Day, an annual event raising awareness about the need to improve and expand specialized care…

I am pleased to introduce the Trash Free Seas Act of 2011, a bill to reauthorize and strengthen the Marine Debris Research, Prevention, and Reduction Act, MDRPRA. This act, of which I am proud to have been the original sponsor, was first…

I still believe that teaching young people through their cultures and traditions helps them to learn well.

Culture and traditions are the roots of their lives and if you force or cut that root off, somehow it interferes with the natural growth and progress of our Native people.

I want the record to show that the subcommittee is very pleased with your leadership and with the work of your team.

I rise today in support of Goodwin Liu for confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Goodwin Liu and I share the immigrant experience. He is the proud son of Chinese immigrants and my father came to this great Nation…

We are all going to be facing difficult decisions in the days and months and years ahead relative to the budget.

I wish to thank you and the Department for maintaining the Hawaii office to manage the energy programs and to coordinate with the military, the Department of Energy (DOE), and State endeavors.

I can assure you that this subcommittee, if we are to send men and women into harm's way, make certain they are properly equipped and properly trained. That is our promise.