Kay Bailey Hutchison

No, this is not a monarchy, and it's not a dictatorship. And no one is going to get exactly what they want 100 percent, but we have to come to a consensus so that we can address the big issues.

The debt ceiling is going to be Armageddon. I mean, that is the one where we have got to see reforms before the debt ceiling is raised.

Absolutely. I think we are now down to the wire. And it is unthinkable that we would get to midnight and shut down government. We don't need to do that. There are so many consequences to it.

that brings to 43 the number of bipartisan Senators, including the Presiding Officer, who are supporting the bill that will assure that our military personnel are paid even if there is a government shutdown. We all realize the stress that…

The Department of Defense announced on Friday, April 8, that the Army will be re-deploying one heavy brigade combat team (BCT) from Germany to the United States.

I hope we come to agreement and do not shut down the government. We are so close to getting this temporary fiscal year--which we are already halfway through--finished, and let's take this off the books. What we ought to be doing right now…

Thank you, Madam President. Let me just say that I have introduced legislation. I have cosponsors--Casey, Inhofe, Snowe, Murkowski, Collins, Ayotte, and Hoeven. It is the Ensuring Pay for our Military Act of 2011. It is very simple. It…

You are the second longest serving FBI Director in our Nation's history, after Hoover.

something happened last night, and I feel compelled to say on the floor of the Senate that I am very proud of the Texas Aggies women who won the NCAA national basketball championship. It is so important, I want to say a couple of words…

Dr. James Parkinson first identified the symptoms of this debilitating disease in 1817, and now an estimated 1.5 million Americans are currently living with Parkinson's. Despite major advances in modern technology and the establishment of…

We must ensure that the FBI has the resources it needs to protect the lives of 311 million Americans.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mrs. Hutchison are printed in today's Record under ``Morning Business.'')

I wish to speak about the urgent fiscal crisis that is facing our Nation. We know the Congress right now is in negotiation for a resolution that will take us until the end of the fiscal year, and it is in an atmosphere in which so many…

I wanted to speak on the McConnell amendment that Senator Inhofe has worked so hard to bring up, and also Lisa Murkowski from Alaska. We all know what is happening to gasoline prices in the United States right now. They have gone up now…

We have to make sure every dollar we spend to keep our Nation safe is a dollar well spent.

I have a number of questions for the closed session.

I want to ask you, Mr. Director, about the lack of support for the Southwest Border efforts--the $130 million.

Are you saying you need more for that to be completely effective?

I want to hear from you if the 2012 request is sufficient to enhance child predator investigations and target predators before they strike so we can save children's lives.

I certainly appreciate what Dr./ Senator Barrasso, from Wyoming, does for us on a regular basis. As one of the few physicians in our body--he is one of the two--he tells us the things that are happening in this health care reform bill that…

Germany is notorious for not making much of an effort for the building programs that we do in country.

Germany was supposed to be the lead for NATO early on for the security in Kabul.

The GAO said that when the decision was made to keep two and bring two home, that it would save millions.

I have expressed, pretty publicly, that I am concerned that we have spent so much on MILCON in Germany.

Germany has said right away, right up front, they are doing nothing in Libya.