I rise to talk about the Cantwell- Johnson-Graham-Shelby amendment that is going to be voted on shortly in this series of votes we are going to be having, and to urge my colleagues to support this important amendment that would reauthorize…

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation Aviation Operations and Safety Subcommittee will come to order.

The Federal Aviation Administration's continued mission is to provide the safest and most efficient air space system in the world.

Your steadfast efforts in the face of tragedy have led to safety improvements that would not have happened otherwise.

I wish to raise my concerns about the Roberts amendment. This amendment is a disappointing attempt to play politics with what should be a bipartisan issue: extending the State and local sales tax deduction and other key tax policies. We…

I rise to support the nomination of Thomas Rice to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. He is one of our State's rising legal stars and has left his mark defending the community in which he was born. For nearly…

I think there is a chart that shows where these buoys have been that help, you know, thousands of jobs in Washington State.

$250,000 for a return investment of an industry that is $270 million.

Mr. Chairman, yes, exactly.

It is a threat, and we are already seeing some--can I just go to a related point to this?

I am sure we will have a lot to say about this moving forward.

Well, that is not a good answer for someone trying to represent a state and an economy that is going to be impacted.

We'll do everything in NOAA's power to make sure the West Coast ground fish form--the fishery is supported with adequate catch share coverage and funding.

Japan had 30 minutes, so 30 minutes of warning, and if you think about the amount of damage that was done.

So, my concern is that the President's budget already cuts the existing marine debris program by 25 percent.

Cutting back on science that is important for jobs and the economy can't be substituted.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I rise to join this debate. I certainly respect the Senator from Missouri for his views and for his own interpretation of what he thinks his amendment does. But I could not disagree more on what the amendment says, what the amendment will…

I've often said you should be made the Energy Secretary for life, or until Hanford is cleaned up, just so we don't continue to change horses in mid-stream.

Our concerns about making sure we continue to get clean up done in a timely fashion is of critical importance, not just to the State of Washington, but to the Nation.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of H.R. 1162, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 1162) to…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read three times and passed, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed in the Record. The…

I think States like Washington, Florida, and Texas deserve certainty on whether they get to deduct their sales tax from their Federal income tax?

The fact that these States basically watch other States get a deduction that is about $236 billion on the tax rolls as far as deduction, and we are talking about $16 billion here, and we cannot get certainty--it is a fairness issue.

this is about tax fairness and certainty.