I would like to speak in support of several amendments that I am offering to the FAA reauthorization bill. You may recall that in 2011 some of my colleagues and I offered a bipartisan amendment to a section of the bill that called for the…

I would respond to the good Senator from Montana that I think we have both described the importance in terms of the costs that people may face, particularly in a time when they are in an emergency or crisis situation. It is very difficult…

I rise to encourage support for the Hoeven-Tester air ambulance relief amendment, which is legislation of importance to people living in both rural and urban communities who need urgent and timely medical care. The need for this amendment…

I ask unanimous consent that Senator Tester and I be allowed to engage in a colloquy for the next approximately 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Again, I would like to thank the Senator from Montana for joining in this bipartisan legislation and just ask that our colleagues work with us to get a good commonsense solution to solve this very urgent need. With that, Madam President, I…

I'm hopeful, again, working with Senator Tester and others, we get this done.

Now Senator Tester, being really sharp and on the ball, is ahead of the rest of us.

So then are we just talking some of the air luggage and so forth that is not?

Right, I understand. It is scanning. It is a variety of technologies.

I think that is in your bailiwick, if you will, thinking about that and then finding, as you say, some of the brightest people from wherever to help you.

How do you determine, then, whether you are going to continue a project or when you discontinue?

It is good to hear, and it is good you are getting those results. Good for you.

I think you need to be. It is a holistic approach where sometimes you can miss the forest for the trees.

We will want to get, from both of you, your estimate of the timeline to get where Dr.

I would much rather be up here asking for a budget request versus a fee increase, but it is the only option I have.

In a biological event, decision makers need information quickly, but it must also be accurate.

How close are you to solving it? And how much is it going to cost?

Under Secretary, DHS is working on getting the biometric exit system implemented, and it is something that we need in order to enforce against visa overstays.

For any one of you, how much do you use social media to kind of gauge where you should be putting your efforts or trying to evaluate or determine a risk?

Thanks for your entrepreneurship. It is a great story and we want to see more of that, not just in North Dakota, but across the country.

All truck cargo coming in?

I am concerned about any fee increases at this point, particularly given the challenges in farm country right now.

That sounds like a handoff.

So whether it is air, whether it is seaborne, whether it is train, whether it is truck, all cargo is scanned.

All containerized seaborne?