I believe that the future of Houston will be brighter with this merger than it would have been had Continental stood alone.

When you are looking at budgetary matters and when the commanders in the field are making these requests, do you look at the effort made by the host country?

I hope to be able to give you some thoughts that I have and perhaps work with you to see if we can be more efficient with the military construction side in the future.

I thank the Senator from Alaska for her great leadership in bringing this to the floor. I support this resolution. While cap-and-trade legislation has stalled in the Senate, the administration is pursuing a backdoor approach to implement…

The growth of government is breathtaking in this country. I urge my colleagues to think about this and support the Murkowski resolution. I yield the floor.

We need to make sure that we're doing everything to secure our ports, our trains, all of the buses.

I am very concerned about this obvious pressure to allow collective bargaining by TSA employees. I am adamantly against that.

I think that it is a good agency, in the main.

Mr. President, I rise to speak today in favor of the McCain amendment and the Cornyn amendment. I am cosponsor of both of these amendments. I understand we will be voting very shortly on these amendments as we move forward on the…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment Nos. 4214 and 4202

Mr. President, I ask the distinguished chairman, when we start the vote at 5:30, it will be the Brownback motion first and then Hutchison-Hagan.