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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.
This bill has been cleared by unanimous consent. It is a very important step in securing our homeland. We have taken great strides to secure our airports and the passenger screening is quite thorough. Everybody has to smile when you say…
I have to say, I was very impressed with what the Port of Houston is doing on its own. Using its own resources, it has beefed up its patrols and its security guards. Certainly, the Coast Guard is more involved in checking manifests and the…
I have to say I am very sorry that my children, Bailey and Houston, will not have the chance to have birthday parties with Strom Thurmond since he will be leaving this year. It is a privilege to be able to add to the accolades to Senator…
1 year ago today, 3,000 people woke up, kissed their loved ones goodbye, went to work, and never returned. In the blink of an eye, their lives were brutally taken by the violent acts of terrorists. Together, we grieved and mourned for…
I am so proud that the Senate Judiciary Committee has already passed the AMBER Alert bill on which Senator Feinstein and I worked during the recess, after the tragic happening in California with the teenage girls who were lost but then…
Before Senator Dodd leaves the floor, I appreciate so much his beautiful remarks. We do share something very special, and that is that each of us had a new baby--mine through adoption, yours with your wife. It was right during that very…
I have never seen a case in which a person who is totally qualified, a person who has shown integrity on the bench, and who has the academic credentials to be a great Federal judge would be turned down for, really, I think a litmus test on…
It is my fervent wish that we would be able to pass our bill before the end of this session
I rise as the ranking Republican on the committee that has the bill before us for military construction, and I am pleased to have worked with Senator Feinstein, chairman of the subcommittee, to bring out a bill that does address the…
Mr. President, I thank the Senator from California, the chairman of the committee. We certainly have worked together on this bill, and Senator Feinstein outlined some of the problems we faced in trying to make up for some of the shortfalls…
We have seen the subsidies. Some are user fees but some are not. We just bailed out the airline industry because we knew it was essential for our economy. In Texas, we send billions of dollars to the highway trust fund. We get 88 cents on…
I rise today to talk about Amtrak. Our Amtrak national rail passenger system is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. They have said they need $200 million in operating cash or the entire system will grind to a halt very soon. The effect…
In the end, they have put off enjoying the money they worked hard to earn in order to build a more secure future for their children. There is an old saying that the key to wealth is not how much you earn but how much you do not spend…
If we are going to eliminate these family-owned businesses, it does not affect only the family, it also affects the people who work at places such as Afton Pumps because if they have to sell to pay for death taxes or they have to sell the…
our aviation industry lost thousands of jobs right after September 11, but it could have been hundreds of thousands if we had not come in and stabilized that industry. Because of repercussions in other parts of the tourism industry--in the…
I certainly support it. As part of the fight against terrorism, we must dedicate the resources to the growing threat of bioterrorism. This legislation enhances the capabilities of Federal, State, and local governments to coordinate…
I introduce this amendment to the trade package. I strongly support the bill on the floor, including the Andean Trade Preference Act and the Generalized System of Preferences. These programs seek to help the Andean countries of Bolivia…
I think we are not ready to do this, but I certainly am not against expansion of NATO.
I rise today with Senator Feinstein and 50 of my colleagues to submit a resolution to honor the service and professionalism of the men and women in the United States who serve as flight attendants. A career as a flight attendant requires a…
These past few years have been horrible for farmers. Low prices, the recession, and weather-related catastrophies--like the severe drought conditions we suffered in my home State of Texas--have made it extremely difficult for our Nation's…
since we are at a lull in the debate on this very important bill, I take this opportunity to congratulate a company headquartered in Texas that is celebrating its 100th anniversary: the J.C. Penney Company. I think it is incredible, when…
Today I am pleased to again be offering legislation that will solve a significant issue for State and local legislators and candidates across the country and which I know is of serious concern. Two years ago, Congress enacted the Full and…
I think that is the part that is going to go first under the constitutional challenge. We have been, for over 200 years in this country, protective of every media outlet, trying to assure that there is no outlet that will be closed--other…
I am proud to support Randy Crane's nomination to be a Federal judge for the Southern District of Texas. Texas' Southern District has the third highest number of filings of criminal cases in the country. It is tremendously overburdened…
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