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Kay Bailey Hutchison is a former U.S. Senator from Texas, serving from 1993 to 2013. A member of the Republican Party, she was the first woman to represent Texas in the Senate. During her tenure, Hutchison was known for her work on issues such as space exploration, military funding, and education. She played a significant role in advocating for NASA and was a strong supporter of human spaceflight initiatives. Hutchison also served as the chair of the Senate Republican Conference and was involved in various bipartisan efforts throughout her career.
if the Senator would yield for just a moment to let me say thank you to all the wonderful Senators who have spoken and said nice things. It is one of the few times Senators sort of pause and wish someone well, as they are leaving. It has…
I rise today to address this Chamber for possibly the last time as the senior Senator from the great State of Texas. I have to say it is an ironic note that if I had given my farewell address last week, there would have been so much joy in…
I rise this sad day to comment on the passing of a great patriot, Senator Daniel Inouye. He fought for his country as part of the Greatest Generation and served his State with distinction for more than 50 years. We were all honored to know…
today, Texas A&M University students, faculty, alumni, and fans--known as the 12th Man--are filled with pride and joy over the first Aggie to win the Heisman Trophy since John David Crow's Heisman-season in 1957. Johnny Manziel was named…
I am so touched by the comments of my colleague Senator Mikulski about myself and Olympia. I appreciate so much that she has singled us out because Senator Mikulski is a pioneer. She didn't build the pyramids, I might say, but it was…
I know there are those on my side who would also like to have a conference to talk about this. Could we have an indication as to the timeframe of the vote?
I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Texas.
I rise to talk about the Casey- Hutchison amendment which was added to the bill before us last week. I did not speak before the amendment was agreed to, but I think it is important to highlight it, particularly in light of things that…
let me just say that is not the only thing we could do. We could change the cost of living to the chained consumer price index. That would be OK. It wouldn't get us as much of a deficit reduction over 75 years--a chained CPI--but it would…
I rise today to talk about the need to address entitlement reform as part of the impending fiscal cliff. I am not just going to talk about the macro issue, I am going to talk about specifics on a way that we can at least do one entitlement …
I think we all know that everybody in America is pretty much talking about the fiscal cliff, and that what will happen at the end of this year will have an enormous impact on the economy of our country and its future. There is no doubt…
Thank you. Are there other speakers on our side? Let me ask the Chair to notify me when there is 10 minutes left in case Senator Collins comes or someone else. So I would like to have up to 10 minutes and be notified. Mr. President, I rise…
We also have the endorsement of the National Association of Manufacturers, the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, the American Petroleum Institute, US Telecom, the National Retail Federation, Financial Services Roundtable, the…
How much time is remaining on our side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 20 minutes remaining.
These are people who have done the right thing. They have saved. They have tried to make sure they didn't need any kind of government handout. They have earned Social Security--and that is not a government handout--and they want to know…
I do not think there has been any time when we have not been able to put together our differences and go forward in a productive way.
Nobody is challenging America COMPETES. Nobody is challenging the need for Federal help on this.
I co-sponsored the original COMPETES Act and I continue to support it today.
As Senator Hutchison pointed out, this Act authorizes to replicate and implement programs in institutions of higher learning that have integrated course of study in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and teacher education.
This program was created by the University of Texas in Austin, and it recruits STEM majors into a integrated program of science, mathematics, engineering, as well as providing them with education credentials, all within a four-year period.
I am pleased to follow the Senator from Minnesota because we did work on a piece of legislation, which she perfected. It was my bill that first passed on stalking that would take the antistalking laws nationwide because so often it happens…
I ask unanimous consent that this statement be included in the Record upon introduction of my legislation, the Church Plan Clarification Act of 2012, with Senator Cardin. Today, my colleague Senator Cardin and I are reintroducing this…
So would we be looking at something that would go to Mars while maybe the Curiosity might still be working, but yet another one that might have the return capability that would be a next goal to achieve, again looking toward humans going…
We are talking about the kind of commitment that you suggest, which is putting different vehicles' capabilities together so that it doesn't all fall on us.
How fast--you are talking about an area bigger than Connecticut. How fast can the Curiosity move so that it can cover the amount of land that you are trying to cover in the time that you have?
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