Patty Murray: “let me just add that I support the recommendation that Senator Stevens has just made, and if we are able to work that…”

“let me just add that I support the recommendation that Senator Stevens has just made, and if we are able to work that agreement out, I think that would be good. I do want to amplify something quickly that I stated earlier in the debate, and it was repeated by my colleague from Alaska, and that is that DHS came to this decision without adequate consultation with other impacted Federal agencies. If there is any confusion over that question, I would like to put in the Record and ask unanimous consent to insert a letter from the Honorable Jeff Shane, Under Secretary of Transportation, to the Honorable Stewart Baker, the Assistant Secretary of Policy at DHS. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Department of Transportation, Washington, DC, April 12, 2006. Hon. Stewart Baker, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC. Dear Stewart: The future of the Long Range Navigation (LORAN) system has been the subject of debate for many years. In 1994, the Clinton Administration announced plans to terminate the LORAN system based on its expectation that emerging Global Positioning System (GPS) technology would fully respond to the needs of LORAN users. In response to strong support from industry and the public as well as analyses showing key GPS vulnerabilities, however, Congress has continued to fund LORAN.…”