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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.
But this amendment does not prohibit the airstrikes. It just says that we must come to Congress first, that the President must come to Congress and present a full plan first. And I think that is warranted before this type of action would…
The Federal Government had nothing to do with the lawsuits that were brought by the States. In fact, the States asked for Federal help. They asked for Federal guidance, and they got none. It was only after the States had settled with the…
I have just finished touring every single base in Texas--Army, Navy, Air Force--and I have talked to young enlisted people, young noncommissioned officers, recruits. I went to Lackland and I talked to people who are in their first month in…
I really appreciate the one-on-one experiences that Senator Edwards has mentioned because that really brings it home, when that poor child started with a small rash and by the time she could get an appointment with a doctor the rash had…
Absolutely. In fact, I think what we are trying to do, of course, is to give the Department the ability to do some of the things that it would like to be able to do to improve the service.
I rise today to submit an important resolution recognizing the Girl Scouts of America. This year commemorates the 87th anniversary of the founding of this outstanding organization. On March 16, 1950, the Girl Scouts of the United States of…
Yes. I say to the distinguished chairman that we are obviously saying to the Department of Defense that we want to improve the TRICARE system if they find that it is feasible to do so. Obviously, they are going to have to find it feasible…
This is a military Bill of Rights. This bill is going to try to help alleviate a very bad situation that we have with our military. Right now we are having a hard time recruiting. We have had the worst recruiting year in the Army for the…
I believe the White House attorneys should have the same privilege of being escorted out.
If a university president, a minister or priest, general or admiral, or a corporate chief executive had engaged in a sexual relationship with an intern under his charge, he would lose his position, with scant attention paid to whether or…
46 States reached a settlement last November which added them to the other States that already had settled with the tobacco companies, making every State in America now in a settlement with the tobacco companies. These States have not just…
I want to talk about the legislative priorities of the majority party in Congress as well as several of the bills that I will be introducing that I believe reflect those priorities. The leadership of the majority in Congress has just had a…
I want to add to the wonderful words that were said about Senator Dan Coats by our distinguished majority header. He has affected many of us. I think by his example we have all been enriched in this body, and in the U.S. Congress. We thank…
I rise to talk about the bankruptcy reform bill that we have just proceeded to and to say that this is a very important reform bill. I want to commend Senator Chuck Grassley for the work he has done on this bill and to specifically talk…
I want to really follow on what the distinguished Senator from New Mexico was saying, because I think he laid out very well the problems that we are facing with our military today. No one questions the job our military is doing. They are…
on October 1, 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created. No other Government agency better represents the hopes and experiences of our Nation during the course of its existence than NASA. To recall why that…
S. 414 is my bill that was passed by the Senate. It was passed by the House. It is now back in the conference, and there will be an amendment. American ports and carriers are disadvantaged by current laws that require all contracts to be…
I do support the Inhofe amendment. Having served on the National Transportation Safety Board, I can tell you that the NTSB normally does not overturn the FAA revocation of pilots' licenses. But they do, after they go through the process…
First is Citizens Against Government Waste. In part, they write: On behalf of the 600,000 members of the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, we respectfully ask you to oppose any efforts in the Senate to strike the provision in…
I want to answer some of the arguments that have been made earlier in the debate. First, it keeps being said that the oil companies are not paying their fair share, that they are in lawsuits about it, and that they have been settling the…
Which of these actions would be the act of a strong and powerful nation led by men and women of vision and foresight: a nation that constantly reassesses its security threats and tailors its defense to meet those threats, or a nation that…
the issue before us today is whether the citizens of Texas, Maine, and Vermont will enjoy the same protections as 41 other States to ensure safe and environmentally sound disposal of dangerous radioactive material. The local support is…
I thank Senator Coats for his addition to my amendment, because I do think it strengthens the base amendment. What Senator McCain has done is assure, in order to get this money, that there would be no nuclear proliferation by North Korea…
as people in America today are going to the movie theaters and seeing for the first time the horrors of war, if every person who sees ``Saving Private Ryan'' will think about this great leader, Strom Thurmond, whom we are talking about…
I will speak briefly about what Senator McCain and I are trying to do. My amendment says that no funds will be contributed to North Korea until the President has certified that North Korea is not providing ballistic missiles or ballistic…
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