Kay Bailey Hutchison

The President's proposal to scrap the Constellation program and other NASA human spaceflight activities, I fear, will only intensify the space gap problem, not improve it as is claimed.

The proposed budget offers a complete departure from the current approach approved twice by this committee, in our 2005 and 2008 NASA Authorization Acts.

The human spaceflight gap created by these delays threatens not only our Nation's access to the International Space Station and other areas of space, but also our national security and economic interests.

I rise today to speak on this health care reform bill that is purportedly going through the House right now. I just have to speak on it because it is so obvious that the American people do not want this bill, and yet now the Democrats seem…

Protecting consumers is a key responsibility of the FTC and of this committee, and we can stay true, in my judgment, to that goal while not complicating the efforts of thousands of businesses to create new jobs.

I look forward to working with my colleagues to consider this request and to making sure that the FTC has the resources and authorities that it needs to execute its vital consumer protection mission.

Yesterday we made good progress on the bill that is the underlying bill, which is FAA reauthorization. It is in the interest of the traveling public that we start on the glidepath to passing this bill. We need to make progress on…

We want to make sure the deal does not pose dangers to consumers and competitors, but we also want to make sure that policy determinations about this deal do not impact innovation and investment in this rapidly moving area.

Sometimes the regulators that had to approve mergers and acquisitions had no sense of timing.

I believe this FAA reauthorization bill is a very good, solid bill. It is very bipartisan, and we have worked through many of the sticky issues that have held up the long-term extension of FAA reauthorization. I think this is a bill that…

The pending transaction between Comcast Corporation and NBC Universal is a significant development in the programming and video distribution markets.

I also hope that they avoid imposing conditions that will require a significant ongoing involvement of the government in monitoring and policing the market.

In my judgment, the Federal Communications Commission's review of this transaction should be limited to the transfer of the relevant licenses between the parties and whether that is consistent with the public interest.

Frequently, parties have used merger review proceedings as a proxy policymaking forum to pursue conditions that reach well beyond the merger itself.

Therefore it is vital to our freedom that Americans enjoy unrestricted access to that same free speech and expression.

While I hope that the current Commission will thoughtfully conduct its public interest analysis, I also hope they avoid imposing conditions that will require a significant ongoing involvement of the Government in monitoring and policing…

In my judgment, the FCC's review of this transaction should be limited to the transfer of the relevant licenses between the parties and whether that is consistent with the public interest.

We just had a beautiful, really incredible Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring the Women Airforce Service Pilots known as the WASP. It was the largest audience to have ever attended a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony or any…

Without Comcast's support, REELZCHANNEL would probably never have been launched.

I think we can fix it, General Bolden.

I am committed to the Constellation mission.

I am concerned about a very mixed message. The President says that he is committed to science.

I hope in a constructive way, toward keeping people in space and keeping American control over our own destiny.

If someone tells you that the space shuttle is 'too unsafe to fly' they are either very poorly informed or deliberately deceitful.

I am introducing legislation today that is intended to chart what I believe to be the proper course for the future of the nation's human space flight programs. This bill would provide an alternative to the Administration's proposed course…