Kay Bailey Hutchison

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Thank you for calling this hearing, because clearly so much good has happened since we established the Universal Service Fund in 1996.

I think the key here is going to be trying to get the Universal Service Fund to be technology-neutral.

I want to speak on the Cornyn amendment. I ask unanimous consent that I be listed as a cosponsor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 634

the Cornyn amendment is important because the President of the United States has refused to allow the sale of 66 F-16C/D model aircraft to Taiwan. Taiwan is trying to modernize its air force, and it is not an issue of our not selling to…

are we under a time limit to discuss the Cornyn amendment? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Senator Cornyn has 33 minutes remaining.

If I can clarify, I think the Senator from California is saying the highway bill will get 2\1/2\ minutes, and we will agree to split our time with the ranking members.

I urge my colleagues not to support the Paul amendment on FAA. Although I understand what he is trying to do, to bring it down, this is a clean extension that has been passed by the House. The House has gone out for the weekend, and the…

I wish to mark today, September 14 of 2011, as the day that NASA announced our vision for the future. Since the shuttle was retired earlier this year and we saw the last people go into space on an American flight, many of us have worried…

I rise in morning business to talk about a situation in Texas, the wildfires and the drought. Since we were mostly home during the August recess, I saw the floods in the Midwest and on the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. I saw the…

I thank the Senator from Utah, and I appreciate his passion for the issue. I agree with him on the issue. The way for us to get together and resolve it is to have a conference committee, to have the conferees appointed on the House side…

I have not wanted to pursue this issue, because the debt ceiling issue has absorbed all of the air in the room and in the United States, as it should; it is a huge priority. But I have to set the record straight a little bit about how this…

Thank you, Madam President. I rise to speak about the August 2 debt ceiling deadline and the proposal that will be before us very soon, developed by Majority Leader Reid. Here we are again debating legislation that demonstrates our…

I rise today to speak about the looming August 2 deadline for raising the debt ceiling and making reforms, or budget cuts at least, that would allow us to show we are not going to have business as usual in Washington but that we are going…

I rise today to speak about the looming August 2 deadline. This is when the Department of the Treasury estimates the Federal Government will officially hit the $14.2 trillion debt ceiling. We all know we are at the point where we are…

I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Brown of Ohio). Without objection, it is so ordered.

I am here to talk about the renomination of FBI Director Mueller, but I certainly heard my colleague from Maryland, and I agree we must pass a clean extension of the FAA. We are losing the revenue, and we are losing the capability for…

I rise today to speak about the Military Pay Act of 2011. We were on the brink of closing down government earlier this year, this spring, and we came to a responsible conclusion and continued our government. We were also able to continue…

I rise to speak in favor of the plan that is before us, the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act. I also think there are some very important achievements in the Group of 6 proposal. It is a proposal. It is not legislative language. It has many things…

The American Society of Civil Engineers' most recent estimate says that the U.S. needs to invest $2.2 trillion in order to keep pace with the national infrastructure needs.

I think our bill is the answer, and I really want to commend Senator Kerry for not only starting the ball rolling but also working with people who had concerns, as I did, to get a bill that I could support and do wholeheartedly support.

I think it is time to look for new solutions that don't involve higher taxes, and I am supporting an infrastructure bank that would foster private sector investment.

the differences in the two bills that have been introduced are basically that there's a grant program in one, and the other is a bank that would be more of a revolving loan fund, and it would require a revenue stream.

Raising the gas tax is off the table, from my standpoint, and instituting a vehicle miles traveled tax is also a nonstarter, from my standpoint.

I first want to say what a good job-- actually, a wonderful job--the Military Construction Subcommittee appropriators have done. They have adopted a very strict budget line, the same as the House of Representatives, and the chairman…