Kay Bailey Hutchison

I see what they are dealing with at a local level.

We are using the experience, expertise, and assets of the Constellation program to the greatest extent possible.

I am very concerned that you have cut is the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) funding.

I hope that we can work together to help accomplish many more.

My priorities will be in protecting our Southwest Border, which will have an additional $2 billion.

We are just not getting, I think, the message that, yes, we have bold visions but we cannot just keep throwing money at operations and create these big visions or implement these big visions.

If what you said earlier today is that we should agree on a cap on spending and then determine what priorities would spur job creation and spur our economy, I agree with you.

I think having separate accounts that replace the Highway Trust Fund could be a good idea: highway, rail, transit, and then a national infrastructure bank.

I am very concerned about what I consider to be the extraordinary increase in the operations account of the FAA at the expense of many of the capital accounts and infrastructure accounts.

America needs to be a leader. We are over 50 percent of all aviation traffic in the world.

Well, my staff tells me that you are looking at the $50 billion up-front part of your bold vision, including a $3.1 billion increase for the airport improvement program and $250 million for NextGen applications, but that is from the…

Developing a high-speed rail program is important.

I have grown increasingly concerned that the Federal Railroad Administration is requiring implementation in a way contrary to Congressional intent.

I rise to read the letter from COL William Barret Travis from the Alamo, something I have done every year since Senator Phil Gramm retired. He read the letter on Texas Independence Day every year after Senator Tower left office. So we have…

But without the innovators, without the creativity that we have fostered through research and education, America's economy in my opinion would be stagnant.

I see the EPA trying to regulate greenhouse gases. I see the FCC trying to regulate the Internet.

I hope we can work together on the corporate tax rate and the repatriation of foreign earnings into our country without the penalties.

The United States remains the world's number one manufacturing nation--producing 21 percent of all global manufactured goods.

Some of the people that we have talked to, the CEOs who have moved jobs overseas, are saying the regulatory burden and the U.S. tax structure is one of the reasons.

I want to thank the Chairman for holding this important hearing on 'The Future of American Manufacturing: Maintaining America's Competitive Edge.'

there have been a lot of negotiations on this amendment, but I do think we now have a breakthrough and a way forward to solve the unresolved issues and pass a very good FAA bill. In general, the amendment does relax the perimeter rule…

I want to say that every stakeholder representing constituents all over America gave greatly to adopt this amendment that will have, in my opinion, a responsible relaxation of the perimeter rule at Washington National Airport. We can talk…

I thank my colleague, Senator Rockefeller, for the wonderful words about myself, about both of our staffs, and suffice it to say, I think the leadership that comes from the top--Senator Rockefeller, as chairman of the Commerce Committee…

we now have, I think, a glidepath to passing this important legislation. We worked late into the night, Senator Rockefeller and I did, to try to accommodate needs, concerns, amendments of Members. Now we have the cloture motion in play and…

So this is the time to act.