Kay Bailey Hutchison

My bill would allocate the D Block to public safety, as well as provide a stable funding stream through a combination of grants and zero interest loans financed by auction revenue to build a public safety network.

Mr. President, the Paul amendment does reduce the aggregate authorized spending level to the amount appropriated in fiscal year 2008. So basically it is going back to the 2008 levels. I am going to support the amendment because I think we…

I think there are ways, particularly in areas where the public safety spectrum will not be needed on a constant basis.

So this is the time to act.

I desperately apologize to you. We did not know this bill was coming up when we set this hearing.

I am fully in support of what the chairman has said. We have been on this bill now for over a week of actual Senate time. It is an important bill for our country because we are trying to set in place the next generation of air traffic…

I support the Nelson of Florida amendment on which we will vote at 10:30. We agreed last year, in a preconference meeting, that the amendment he has to drop language from the bill would be dropped. I support the amendment. The NASA…

I appreciate what the chairman has said. His message is the same as my message; that is, this is a very important bill. It is one--the authorization of the FAA--we have extended, since 2007, with 18 short-term extensions. Neither the…

I rise today to speak in support of the Diana Saldana confirmation to serve as a Federal judge for the Southern District of Texas in Laredo. Judge Saldana's career has given her a breadth of experience that I believe will serve her well on…

I rise to speak in favor of the Paul amendment. The Davis-Bacon Act was passed in 1931. We had a very different labor and diversity of wages. There were not minimum wages to the extent we have today. Today, every State has a different cost…

I rise to speak also on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ronald Reagan... Reagan's vision of the greater good also extended beyond our shores.

I commend the chairman of the Commerce Committee. He and I have been working on this bill since 2007. As we mentioned when we began consideration of the bill yesterday, this is the 18th short-term extension we are on. I think any person in…

I appreciate so much what the chairman has just said. That is a major statement because what he says is true. There is one flight from Washington National to California. That is all we have, one direct flight. That is not fair. It is not…

I am pleased we are starting on the FAA bill and having an open amendment process so everyone can be heard. Let me go back to where I was on the part of the FAA reauthorization bill that addresses aviation safety. We do limit the ability…

as ranking member of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, I, too, wish to discuss the FAA reauthorization bill and agree with the chairman, Senator Rockefeller, who has just spoken, that we have worked in a bipartisan way…

I am pleased to introduce a bill to permanently correct an injustice in the tax code that has harmed citizens in many States of this great Nation. State and local governments have various alternatives for raising revenue. Some levy income…

I am pleased to introduce a bill to provide permanent tax relief from the marriage penalty--the most egregious, anti-family provision in the tax code. One of my highest priorities in the United States Senate has been to relieve American…

I would like to take a few minutes to pay tribute to the 16 Senators who will be departing this body at the end of the year. I am grateful for the opportunity I have had to serve alongside each of these Senators as colleagues and as…

I rise to speak on the START treaty. I spoke on the floor Saturday stating my concerns about this treaty and the need to address a number of very important issues. I had hoped that amendments that had been offered would be able to clarify…

Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3 to 2 to impose new regulations on the Internet. This is an unprecedented power grab by the unelected members of the Federal Communications Commission, spearheaded by its chairman. The…

we need to ensure that our defenses are not in any way inhibited by this treaty because we must defend against countries that perhaps are not enemies of Russia, but they might be ours. And to in any way restrict our defenses is not…

I rise today to talk about the START treaty. This historic treaty is seeking, of course, to limit the strategic long-range nuclear weapons that are currently in U.S. and Russian inventory for a total of 1,550 warheads for each country…

I am voting for the Coburn motion to suspend the rules to allow the Senate to consider his amendment to offset extension of unemployment benefits because we must be able to discuss ways to start bringing down the deficit. Senator Coburn's…

I rise today to say I think the President of the United States and our Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, have done a great job. As I hear the talking heads and the pundits and others talk about this compromise, this way forward, I…

I think the NCUA has done a great job in not burdening taxpayers with help for the credit unions.