Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac delays of over certain period of time. So we have tried to help the traveling public and to know what their rights are and thats right on our website. Im not so sure what the protocol is but im going to make this point. 21 did streamline procurement, but the procurement of faa equipment is still a problem. We are still dealing with vacuum tubes and paper strips. Theres such a long gap of what we need to do. So without being disrespectful i wanted to respond to the ranking on that, that despite air 20, theres not been that much improvement, unfortunately. Ms. Chao, thank you. I wanted to talk to you about drones and drone legislation. Maneuver 750,000 owners have registered their drones. Congress is happy about this accomplishment in relatively a short amount of time and looking forward to getting to 100 . But they ruled that the faas regulation requiring drone registration for Recreational Use is illegal. My bassic question is what are we going
Theres another extremely important point that the senator from virginia made, and that is that this rule which has been criticized by some is in direct response to a g. A. O. Report, a direct response to g. A. O. Criticizing h. U. D. For not doing a good job in carrying out this part of the 1968 fair housing act. That is so important. How many of us in this chamber have repeatedly looked to g. A. O. For advice on how we can improve how federal programs work . Well, look to g. A. O. , look to its 2010 report which was very critical of h. U. D. , and surely it is significant that when h. U. D. Last year issued the new regulations, the g. A. O. Said fine and closed out its recommendations as being completed. Thats significant. This wasnt some wild scheme that was dreamed up by bureaucrats at h. U. D. As some have claimed. This was in response to a report from the Government Accountability act. We talk about how we want more efficiency, better accountability. Thats why we have the g. A. O.
The presiding officer does any senator wish to vote or change their vote . If not, on the schumer amendment number 3483, it is not agreed to. 42 aye, 54 nay. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from ohio. Mr. Portman mr. President , i rise today to urge my colleagues in the house of representatives to pass the legislation we passed here in the senate a few weeks ago called the comprehensive addiction and recovery act, or cara. We passed it on march 10. That was 27 days ago, almost a month. Every day we lose about 120 americans, they say, to drug overdoses. That means during that time period, those 27 days, weve lost about 3,240 additional americans who we represent to Substance Abuse and death from heroin and Prescription Drug overdoses. Since 2007, drug overdoses have killed more people in ohio than any other cause of accidental death, surpassing car accidents. Its probably true nationally now as well. Addiction is treatable, but nine out of ten people who need
Quorum call a senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from minnesota. Ms. Klobuchar mr. President , i rise today in support of judge garlands the presiding officer the senate is in a quorum call. Ms. Klobuchar mr. President , i ask to vitiate the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Ms. Klobuchar mr. President , i rise today to talk about the opening on the Supreme Court, and today im going to focus my remarks on how important fillin the current vacancy on the Supreme Court is for our system of governance. When our Founding Fathers drafted the constitution, they envisioned a system of governance upheld by three branches of government. The federalist papers, mr. President , outlined this balance of power in detail. In federalist paper number 51, James Madison speaks about the importance of checks and balances among three branches of government. As madison states, it is evident that the members of each department should be as little dependent as possib
And restore it and keep it seamless. Okay. Well thank you. I only have half a minute remaining. Miss gilligan i think i will just submit a question on the record for you about the Contract Tower Program and stress that the senate and house continue to strongly support the faa Contract Tower Program on a bipartisan basis and request you to comment on the record about any recommendations faa may have for reauthorization bill to ensure that this program is enhanced and protected. Thank you. Thank you, senator. I think certainly after our hearing last week, its important. I look forward to the answer to senator wickers question. Thank you. And now id like to call on senator klobuchar. Thank you very much, madam chair. A lot of interest in the hearing p. M. Im pre hearing. Im pretending those are lines of people trying to get in you just heard. I want to welcome members of the families. Weve worked with you especially on the bill on pilot fatigue and captain sullenberger, i thought i would