Kay Bailey Hutchison

We do need to continue to have bipartisan support on that.

So we do need the certainty in the permitting process.

I think the interesting thing, too, to point out is that to get the lease, you have already gone through all of the environmental concerns and the safety, and you have gotten the permit.

I want to thank you and the ranking member, Senator Murkowski, and the members of this committee for pushing legislation that will, hopefully, open up our ability to get our energy resources from our own country to alleviate the high…

I think we do need to stay on top of that kind of a trend and do what we can to assure that America is continuing to be competitive.

I believe that we've got to aggressively open our markets.

This legislation enjoys the strong support of officials from Bexar County, Wilson County, the City of San Antonio, the City of Floresville.

I want to thank Chairman Bingaman and Ranking Member Murkowski of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for holding today's joint hearing.

I believe that the importance of computer training in our lower and middle schools is so important.

I do agree with you, Mr. Rowe, that we need to do so much more to elevate the importance of these very good paying jobs, middle-class income jobs, that are going wanting because we have somehow said if you don't get a college degree, then…

The corporate tax rate in America is among the highest in the world.

I think we are underutilizing our community colleges and our technical and vocational colleges.

The Buffalo Bayou was an important part of Texas' history during the Battle of San Jacinto.

A stable regulatory environment is very important to keeping manufacturing in America.

The San Antonio Missions played an important historical role in the City of San Antonio.

The states that have right-to-work laws also have a competitive advantage.

as Jesse Boettcher is coming to the floor--and before I speak--I want to say he has served in the Army Special Operations Command for the past 16 years. Jesse, a special forces sergeant major, has deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan numerous…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Cardin). Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Texas is recognized.

I would like to take a few minutes to acknowledge the steady efforts of our Armed Forces and our intelligence community to eliminate the leader of al-Qaida and to help bring some peace and relief to our Nation and to those who lost loved…

I ask unanimous consent that Jesse Boettcher be granted floor privileges. He is currently my military fellow. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Thank you, Chairman Rockefeller, for holding this important hearing on the effectiveness of Federal investments in disaster preparedness.

I have introduced, in the last two sessions, weather modification legislation; not to do it, but to start doing research to determine if there is a benefit to trying to modify the ferocity of tornados and hurricanes, if it can be done.

we are today making a small downpayment toward getting runaway Federal spending under control. The spending bill we will vote on today represents a $78 billion spending cut from that proposed by President Obama for this year. It will be…

I hope that we are making progress in the backlog there, and I support that priority.

I agree very much with the chairwoman regarding USPTO.