Kay Bailey Hutchison

There will be a lot of disagreement about the way forward.

we need legitimate news organizations to be able to function and have a voice...

I was a strong proponent of that cross-ownership ban because there were two markets, one with which I was very familiar, Dallas, Texas, but also Atlanta, Georgia, where there was such a lock on the media outlets with the only newspaper in…

I really think before newspapers and small market local television stations completely wither and die, I urge you to provide some relief from that rule so that they can combine and survive.

I think it is very clear that we live in a different world on this score, and there are many, particularly our brothers and sisters in the newspaper industry, and the journalism, the solid journalism, that they do is under assault and real…

because the Senator from Ohio is in the chair, I wish to say that I am very pleased we have been able to pass a bus safety bill that was in response to two tragic bus accidents, one in Ohio and one in Texas, and the many other bus…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Bus Safety

The aviation industry is a critical engine for job creation in the United States, supporting over ten million jobs.

Our aviation manufacturers contributed a $75 billion net positive impact on our worldwide trade balance.

I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak for up to 10 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I applaud the Senator from Massachusetts for introducing the bill. He is trying to make a constitutional way so those who have done the service for our country and earned the medals are assured that those medals mean something and cannot…

we have had a monumental decision from the Supreme Court of the United States, and I have to say I am disappointed, because while the opinion is not very clear, in many respects, the result is clear, and that is we are getting ready to see…

I thank the Senator from North Dakota. I appreciate very much that the Senator is on the Intelligence Committee and that he knows the sensitivities and all of the stakeholders we must work with in order to do the right thing for our…

I rise today because we have introduced a new version of the Strengthening and Enhancing Cybersecurity by Using Research, Education, Information and Technology Act of 2012, a bill known as the SECURE IT Act. Senator McCain and I, along…

I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3342) to improve…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Measure Read the First Time--S. 3342

I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection having been heard, the bill will be read by title for…

I want to thank Chairman Bingaman and Ranking Member Murkowski of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for holding today's hearing in the Subcommittee on National Parks to consider lands bills that impact Texas.

Well, let me start with the Office of Special Counsel and also the relatively large number, according to the Special Counsel, of whistleblowers at the FAA.

I just hope that there will no longer be budget proposals from the President, whoever that will be next year, that will appear to cut back on the future and fund the present.

I appreciate the sponsors of the bill working with us. Just as an example, the Ogallala Aquifer has gone down 100 feet since irrigation has been allowed from this water source. It is a source for cities such as the city of San Antonio and…

I share the concern of the Senator from New Mexico. A large area in western Texas overlies the Ogallala Aquifer as well. We, too, have seen alarmingly high levels of groundwater depletion. Water is a precious resource in our part of the…

I understand that the Regional Conservation Partnership Program is intended to address water quantity as well as water quality issues, so funding under the program could be directed to address situations where high historic levels of…

I was very excited, as I know everyone was, with the SpaceX, the Dragon success. That just is a wonderful milestone.

on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers led by Major General Gordon Granger reached Galveston, Texas to announce that the Civil War had ended and that slaves had been emancipated. It was a bittersweet day; the news traveled slowly, reaching…