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on the 40th anniversary of the introduction of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act in 1973, I wish to honor a distinguished advocate for Indian Country and one of the key architects of the Act, Forrest J. Gerard, and…

I come from a state that understands the cruise ship industry.

We have to be careful of how far we expand the government regulation component.

I rise to speak in support of Fred Hochberg and his nomination to the second term as Chairman of the Export-Import Bank. I have heard now two speeches on the other side of the aisle from my colleagues who not only seem to take exception…

high gas prices on the West Coast and supply and demand issues is something I've spent a lot of time on.

the fact that you come here and blame the Jones Act as some reason why we have high gas prices is just amazing to me.

I think it's one of America's most important commodities and probably least regulated.

I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on July 17, 2013, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a legislative hearing to receive…

Thank you, Mr. Leocha.

The impacts on these stakeholders should not be overlooked.

If the Department of Justice approves the proposed merger between American Airlines and US Airways, the new American Airlines, it will not only be the Nation's largest air carrier, but the world's largest air carrier.

I think we have raised some important questions.

I applaud, by the way, American Airlines and US Airways for not choosing to dump everything on the government and to find a way to work it out.

Airports are tools for economic development. And if a community does not have air access, it is pretty hard to continue to grow the economic base.

I do think the date and service issue does need to be fixed, and I do think that we need to look at this issue of how does airline consolidation impact pensions and pension obligations.

What we need to do now is increase the number of people being able to come into our nation's capital and come here and visit here, spend their money here, and learn about our government.

This is a very important issue, and I hope that the appropriate agencies take due notice.

I think your conclusion is the right conclusion that anybody would do something that is in the interest of the business in getting rid of the less profitable route.

I just want to understand that point, too.

And did the Department of Justice at that time consider Dulles or Baltimore as substitutes for consumers, or was that separate?

But the reason why someone would look at divestiture is it is not some policy. It is about competition, and it is about too much concentration at DCA, and what issues for the consumer are being left unprotected.

We have a situation where we just cannot have competition when almost 70 percent of the market is controlled by one airline.

there is nothing the consumer cares about more than this ticket price.

So from a consumer's point of view, we end up with no net new routes.