Are we going to be glad we went with the EMALs and advanced arresting gear?

Mr. Secretary, you answered Senator Kaine's question about the troubling issue of the advanced weapons elevators.

reclaiming my time, I thank the Senator from Florida for making those points and for his leadership as ranking member of the Commerce Committee. In this regard, I suggest the vote coming up soon will be probably as lopsided as the one on…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 94…

it is my understanding that the distinguished Democratic leader will be coming in soon to participate in leadership time, but until such time, I ask unanimous consent to address the Senate on the Coast Guard bill for 5 minutes. The…

I wish to say a word or two about the Coast Guard bill, which is coming up soon. I assure my colleagues that when the leader comes to the Chamber to make leadership remarks, I will certainly defer to him. I cannot tell you how pleased I am…

as the Presiding Officer entered the Chamber and took the Chair, I was explaining to Members what the Coast Guard does--all the various vital activities they do to provide for the safety and security of Americans. Let me tell my colleagues…

I'm a proud member of this Subcommittee, too, Mr. Chairman.

Why is that important, and can you discuss the impact that these national security cutters have on the Coast Guard's efforts to carry out its core missions?

Now, we also have a right to be proud of the fact that we have been able to delist the Louisiana black bear.

The bottom line is it is a voluntary program.

In essence, Commissioner Gibson is writing to support Chairman Barrasso's efforts to bring transparency and State input back into the consideration of endangered species.

I would like to see the United States offer an alternative that has strong baseline protections.

The goal was and is to have one set of privacy rules that are interpreted in a uniform way throughout the continent.

We've tried to work with them. We want to make sure that we respect their prerogatives in this.

The ability to produce additional resources from existing land with more data that is available than ever before.

there is an efficiency aspect to this need, that there is an American productivity aspect to this need, and also there's a very important environmental aspect to this need.

That's certainly the apprehension that I have and I think a lot of Members of Congress have.

There is a fundamental principle that any Federal privacy legislation should include preemption of state data privacy laws.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant bill clerk called the roll.

we support a uniform rule of law across the country.

It's troubling to me, based on information I have, that five times the amount of red snapper are caught in this way--five times more--than my Mississippi legal fishermen are allowed to catch.

I urge my colleagues to vote yes for the underlying bill, which is bipartisan.

The Maritime SAFE Act, which would add to that a whole-of-government approach and it would direct that the intelligence community be included in this working group.

back to the subject of Bosnia, the carnage and tragic conflict that occurred in the early 1990s was more than about Bosnia. It was about security in a Europe just emerging from its Cold War divisions and the international principles upon…