The emphasis, to the tune of $6 billion, into a very fledgling commercial capability I just think is not sound.
Kay Bailey Hutchison
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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.
Space exploration has always been a bipartisan effort, and it should continue to be so.
I believe the GAO review of our European force structure plans will show the anticipated savings moving the Army from Heidelberg to Wiesbaden will not materialize.
For many of its logistics and sustainment functions including activities such as supply chain management...
I look, for instance, as a comparison to what Germany has done, to Japan, which has been above 90 percent in effort to help offset our costs.
In Senator Hutchinson's home state of Texas, 19 grants have been funded since the inception of the DOD OCRP in 1997.
We owe it to the 39 individuals who have lost their lives, and the thousands who have experienced unintended acceleration, to get to the bottom of this issue.
Hutchison also urged her supporters to back Perry in the November governor's race.
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, who called Perry a short time to concede the race.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing to address many important questions surrounding Toyota's recent recalls and related safety issues.
Transportation safety is one of this committee's most important responsibilities, and I hope today we will begin to understand why it took so long for Toyota and NHTSA to take decisive action.





