On the recordJune 30, 2010
I will be happy to yield without losing the floor, if the Senator has a question. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina. Mr. DeMINT. Madam President, we have been promised for months that this bill, the FAA reauthorization, which the Senator from North Dakota and I approve, would go through. The families of flight 3407 have been here constantly. As the Senator knows, one of those families is from my hometown. They have waited long enough. There is no reason that we need to hold these safety provisions hostage to passing a whole bill that is bogged down in political fights. I ask unanimous consent to amend my unanimous consent request to include the 30-day reauthorization of FAA. There are none of these provisions the Senator objects to. If there are additional safety provisions that can be in the final bill, we can do that. But nothing in my request compromises what the Senator from North Dakota wants to accomplish. I ask unanimous consent to amend my UC to call up and pass H.R. 5611. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
