My question to the Senator is, does he see how any Senator of good faith, given these facts, could oppose this resolution?

I wish to ask a question but will start by laying a predicate and ask the Senator's views on that predicate. I rise to support the resolution offered by Senator Lee calling upon the Senate to investigate and hold hearings about the…

I think that things have not materialized as quickly as perhaps Congress contemplated at the time.

I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the opportunity for us to have this hearing and to get to know more about the exciting potential for advancing our space-related knowledge and achievement by taking advantage of the competitive forces and…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I thank each of the witnesses who testified today for your expertise and your illuminating comments.

This is an experimental, high-risk situation, and the spaceflight participants... need to be fully informed of the risks.

As you know, the FAA is currently under a moratorium on issuing regulations regarding certain aspects of commercial spaceflight.

The FAA does, in fact, provide regulations for suborbital flight today, but they are regulations to protect the public.

I rise in praise of Majority Leader Harry Reid. He said the following: My friend from Texas . . . is like the schoolyard bully. He pushes everyone around and is losing, and instead of playing the game according to the rules, he not only…

I rise today to speak out against the so- called Marketplace Fairness Act. In my view, during a time of economic challenge, as we are in today, the very top priority of every elected official, whether Republican or Democrat, should be to…

Yes. I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the bill for a third time. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time. Implementation

reserving the right to object, one of my concerns is that this conference report could be used to pass a reconciliation bill that would increase the debt ceiling without sufficient input from the minority party and without addressing the…