Kay Bailey Hutchison

I think that many good things were done in that legislation. However, there are some glitches, as often happens with legislation.

I do not support reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine. I believe strongly in the First Amendment.

I think it is important that you look at that and determine if really we ought to be doing everything we can to keep newspapers alive.

I would hope you would set it at a higher priority than just waiting for a review period to come up.

One thing I think our committee probably will need to do is have a hearing on the Act that we passed last year

I believe it is so important that we assure that everyone has broadband access before we go into underserved areas.

I was a person who believed that a newspaper should not have too much television presence in a market because I think more media outlets are a good thing.

I would just say to the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary that I too am very concerned about the IT situation.

I appreciate your looking into it, and we'll look forward to hearing more from you.

I do believe that the Veterans Administration is giving the proper emphasis on mental health now, and also medical research.

I do not want it to fail.

The commercial aviation industry is experiencing the safest period in history...

I just think we have a requirement not only to help the people where plants have closed, which I think is huge and important, but also the many communities and the dealers that are getting shafted in many ways.

As I have said in the past, aviation safety, and the public trust that goes along with it, is the bedrock of our national aviation policy...

I will support what Senator Dorgan said. We have the safest system in the world...

Safety is always going to be the highest priority on my agenda.

Help me understand what appears to be an effort to change the contracts with the dealers that are in place.

Can I just count, Mr. Press, on your word today that you have made in this public forum, to every dealer who has signed the agreement, that they don't have to sell at fire sale prices, and they don't have to have the fear that has just…

Well, you said earlier that you appealed to the dealers and because Mr. Whatley took everything you asked him to take, every time you asked, you're not--you didn't go into bankruptcy earlier this year, you are now, but here is Mr. Whatley…

Mr. Chairman, would you allow me to ask every person in the audience who is a dealer to stand?

I appreciate everything that you do for us, Senator. You look out for us and that's why we are here today.

In Waco, Texas, a town of 122,000, all three Chrysler dealerships are being closed.

It is not our place to change your decision. It is our place, especially where there is so much taxpayer money involved, for us to make sure that everyone is treated as well as can be in this circumstance.

Do they understand--do they know that, because I'm not hearing that from one dealer that they understand that there is a plan in place that this inventory will be taken.

So many of these dealers, I am told, are selling at fire sale prices to the surviving dealers and that's not right.