Thank you, Chairman Rockefeller, for holding this important hearing on the effectiveness of Federal investments in disaster preparedness.
Kay Hutchison
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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.
I have introduced, in the last two sessions, weather modification legislation; not to do it, but to start doing research to determine if there is a benefit to trying to modify the ferocity of tornados and hurricanes, if it can be done.
Madam President, we are today making a small downpayment toward getting runaway Federal spending under control. The spending bill we will vote on today represents a $78 billion spending cut from that proposed by President Obama for this…
I hope that we are making progress in the backlog there, and I support that priority.
We cannot do everything. We need to really focus on our strengths, and that means cutting back on things that are not as important.
I think we should be pursuing free trade agreements throughout Central and South America.
I think we need to hear about that particular project and what is going to right that ship.
I have introduced a weather-modification bill for the last four sessions of the Congress.
I have seen how the predictions have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars and at least hundreds of lives.





