Kay Bailey Hutchison

It took us a year to even get a contract that would even begin to be put out there.

we are not giving up on space flight. It is very important to move forward.

It's hard for me to see an efficiency argument here, when if it ain't broke, don't fix it sort of attitude.

We can't fudge on the future in that way.

I think I have made my point, and I think he has made his point. And we just have to work together to, hopefully, get more flexibility.

we can also not stop the beyond low-Earth orbit.

we agree that we need to get the Commercial Crew up so that we are not dependent on the Russians.

the NATO alliance is extremely important to our ability to deal with some of the challenges in the world.

We have agreed to support the ongoing development of the James Webb Space Telescope.

NASA is not 'adrift' as some have been saying for the last 3 years.

it is imperative that the USAF and ANG continue working together to ensure we make the most effective use of every U.S. tax dollar spent

I am committed in my last year to assure that we go in the right direction, utilizing our resources wisely.

Despite the very real fiscal challenges we face, the United States is still capable of supporting a space program that is, as the Augustine Report suggested, 'worthy of a great nation.'

I have concerns about the degree of commitment of the Administration to meeting our shared objectives.

we have got a disconnect here if you are saying that is the baseline budget.

We have agreed to bring to fruition the beginning of operational commercial cargo delivery flights to the International Space Station.

Germany has refused to contribute any resources into Libya.

I rise to talk about a bill that was introduced this morning. The bill is the Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information, and Technology Act, which we refer to as the SECURE IT Act. This is a very…

I see the Senator from Arkansas on the Senate floor. I will follow the Senator from Arkansas on another piece of legislation about which I hope to speak, but I do want to take about 5 minutes to read the letter William Barret Travis sent…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. McCaskill.) Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mrs. Hutchison pertaining to the introduction of S. 2151 are printed in…

I wish to thank the Senator from Arkansas for his kind remarks. I have so enjoyed serving with his father before him and then him. It is a point of history for Arkansas that this Senator Pryor followed his father into the Senate. I…

I yield to the Senator from North Dakota for up to 10 minutes. I ask him, how on Earth does this affect the price of gasoline when we could be putting 34 million gallons of oil, or more than 16 million gallons of gasoline a day into…

Would the Senator from Ohio yield. I think the Senator from Ohio is making such a good point, because here the President is saying producing more will not lower prices. Does that seem like the fundamental supply-and-demand explanation that…

I thank the Senator from Missouri for the point he made about trading with Canada, our ally and closest neighbor, our biggest trading partner, as opposed to having Canada ship the oil they are now producing in the Alberta sands over to…

I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my Republican colleagues for up to 30 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________