I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 25, 2014, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate…

I ask unanimous consent that the Finance Committee be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 25, 2014, at 2 p.m., in room SD-215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Trade Enforcement…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 25, 2014, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:15 p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled…

I ask unanimous consent that the Finance Committee be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 25, 2014, at 10 a.m., in room SD-215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

I want to close by saying that other countries use these same financial tools. So a lot of my colleagues can see that other countries, for the same reason, when the marketplace does not provide a private sector financial tool to securitize…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 25, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 25, 2014, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Financial Stability Oversight…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on June 25, 2014, at 10 a.m., in room SD-106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The…

I think you heard from my colleague from Florida when you said 20 years to implement, no one wants to hear that.

This program has been promised as a way to increase safety, improve efficiency, reduce fuel costs.

Technology drives best in flat organizations, not hierarchical, so the more hierarchical we come with this, the longer it is going to take us to implement.

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will come to order.

I guess what I am saying is we want to see more of a partnership with the FAA and industry.

Great, so why not move up that deployment more rapidly, because my understanding of what is going to happen is we are going to see them come online and then over the next 4 years, we will see like a little dribble of----

Can't we move faster at getting these Performance Based Navigation systems in place sooner?

I think you should take away from today's hearing that while some progress has been made, we very much look forward to this July 1 report, which is mid-term, I guess, and we are going to get the final in October.

A fully implemented NextGen system is also critical for building capacity in our aviation system.

Mr. Rinaldi, how could we empower cities across America to start--even on an empowerment level--to start looking at this and getting ready for this implementation so we do not wait another ten years before we get major cities on this…

Last year, I was proud to be an original co-sponsor for the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, which protects American women against violence and human trafficking.

One key step to empowering women around the world is through access to education.

I'm especially proud of the tribal provisions we included in VAWA, which are critical because nearly 40 percent of American Indian women will endure domestic violence in their lifetime.

VAWA ensures that violence prevention programs receive strong federal funding, and gives law enforcement powerful tools to fight violence and trafficking.

Violence against women is not just a problem in the United States; it's a challenge around the world.

I come to the floor because the patent office has just ruled that the name of the Washington football team is not patentable because it is a slur. We are so excited to know that finally people are recognizing this issue can no longer be a…

I thank the Senator from Maine. I will explain to her later how Maine continues to play a very interesting role in such an important issue. (The further remarks of Ms. Cantwell are printed in today's Record under ``Morning Business.'') The…