Kay Bailey Hutchison

More than ever, we must ensure that Federal investments in science and technology address today's global threats and strengthen U.S. economic competitiveness.

Some observers have noted, however, the recent spirit of cooperation among the Commission's Commissioners who unanimously agreed...

I would like to compliment you for the success in getting our Committee's Federal Communication Commission members confirmed.

I would just ask that you look at that.

I am the co-sponsor with Senator Levin of the bill that would assure that the Harbor Maintenance Tax is used for harbor improvements and keeping us competitive.

I thank the Chair. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority has 12 minutes. The Senator from New Hampshire.

I want to make sure everyone knows that the Republicans have an addition to the Violence Against Women Act that we think will strengthen it. For instance, there are a couple of additions from what we talked about yesterday. We got a letter…

No. 2095 takes the part of the bill that reauthorizes the Violence Against Women Act and continues those, but it does important things that are not in the underlying bill: No. 1, a mandatory minimum sentence of 5 years for aggravated…

I rise to speak on behalf of my substitute amendment along with Senator Grassley and other cosponsors, and I call up the amendment, No. 2095. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows…

the substitute amendment is a bill that takes the good parts and the important parts of the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act that I think are universal--the parts that have passed unanimously through Congress in recent…

what is the time allotment at present? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The minority has 12\1/2\ minutes total.

this letter says that they strongly support two provisions in our substitute bill. It says we have a mandatory minimum for protection of child pornography, and they feel strongly that possession of child pornography is a serious crime that…

It is my pleasure to be able to introduce our guest Chaplain, Joel Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston. He is a native Texan and attended Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK. For 17 years, Pastor Osteen worked behind the scenes…

And it also does what the Cornyn and Klobuchar amendments attempted to do and assure that we get this backlog of people who have committed rape off the streets. Please support this amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.

I rise to speak in favor of Gregg Costa and David Guaderrama for their nominations to the Federal district bench. I want to say that Mr. Costa--and I will mention this again--asked not to be confirmed until after the case that he was…

I thank the Senator. I would just say I have had a long record in this area. When I was a member of the State legislature, Texas passed the most far-reaching protection for victims of rape in the whole country. I was the lead sponsor of…

I came to the floor yesterday to talk about the important work on this bill that has been done by Senators on both sides. Republicans and Democrats agree that we should reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act and that we should have the…

I rise to talk about the Violence Against Women Act. Senator Leahy, the distinguished chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has a bill that has many good parts, and I was listening to the things he said about it and agree with many of them…

And yet the very next year, we have you coming forward cutting that budget that was the basis of your very sought after and required outside audit study before you would move forward.

At each of our hearings this year each department has been asked about the impact of the budget sequestration might be.

What I would hope is that we could come to the joint goals and all work together for commercial crew, but not at the expense of Orion and SLS.

NASA's priorities, as we all agreed to in a meeting in my office just a few months ago, were, number one, the JWST.

I rise today to speak on H.R. 3606, the JOBS Act, which we passed in the Senate last Thursday, March 22, 2012 by a vote of 73 26. I am very pleased that this legislation passed with such strong bipartisan support, particularly because it…

I can't tell you how much I appreciate the relationship and the support that we have from our chairman and the members of this subcommittee.

I am concerned about the budget that the Administrator is putting forward today.