Ernest F. Hollings

We have to get this bill out, and Senator Bennett, I was just saying our Republican colleagues embarrassingly have to object to it.

We have one in in this Congress that has been reported out of committee unanimously.

The only reason for the hold-up on the floor is OMB.

These are folks who are really making a business of it, and the consumer is unaware.

Donna McLean also comes before the Committee with impressive credentials and is highly recommended.

It looks like a question of whether or not we have opt-in requirements.

Let me thank Mr. Muris for his appearance today. I congratulate him on his nomination.

Thank you for scheduling this hearing on these two nominees for key posts at the Department of Transportation.

We have had 5 years of education under the Federal Trade Commission and Chairman Pitofsky.

He knows transportation, he knows the politics of the issues and he is committed to working with all of us on issues like seaport security, aviation competition, and other key safety transportation concerns.

I welcome Chairman Muris, and I will file my statement for the record.

They knew that compromise was not an ignoble word.

In today's atmosphere, I fear that cooperating on anything for the good of the country will prove extremely difficult.

By whatever mutations the gods of politics brew, there has to be a return to political civility, whose end result is to the nation's benefit.

I believe it would be helpful for all of us to consider the example of bipartisan cooperation and collegiality set by many of our predecessors.

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