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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.
we now have, I think, a glidepath to passing this important legislation. We worked late into the night, Senator Rockefeller and I did, to try to accommodate needs, concerns, amendments of Members. Now we have the cloture motion in play and…
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.
I can support your proposal to allocate the spectrum known as the D Block to public safety.
I think there are ways, particularly in areas where the public safety spectrum will not be needed on a constant basis.
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 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…
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