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On wednesday, following the chaodents speech, elaine testified before the senate commerce, science and Transportation Committee on the future of the federal Aviation Administration and the president s proposal to privatize the air Traffic Control system. This is just over two hours. Good morning. I want good morning. I want welcome elaine chao back today. We are working hard on a bipartisan basis to produce a bill ropefully during the work period and we appreciate the administrations end in gage...

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 resp...

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...

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 ag...

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...

Threat that were going to get a couple of slippery spots here. 20s on the capes and we find the most cloud cover there, even some hints of sprinkles plymouth down to the cape and islands. I dont expect much to come of that, but it is something to be aware of. The cape and islands. But into the afternoon, its nice and bright for off, with points north and west, lower 40s this afternoon. We do peak in the 40s, 42 to 46 degrees. Under mostly cloudy sunny skies. The big exception, is the cape and is...

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 y...

Waste a lot of time in training breaking bad habits pilots acquire while trying to quickly get to 1500 hours. A university of north dakota study highlights these concerns comparing pilots hired before the rule with those hired after. The results showed pilots hired after the rule had a significantly higher number of total flight hours but were more likely to need additional training. And less likely to successfully complete training than those hired before the rule. Far from wishing to weaken th...

House continue to strongly support the faa Contract Tower Program on a bipartisan basis and request you to comment on the record about any recommendation recommendations faa may have for reauthorization bill to insure that this program is enhanced and protected. Thank you. Madam chair. Thank you, senator wicker. I think certainly after our hearing last week, its important, many members of the committee share the support for the Contract Tower Program so i look forward to the answer to senator wi...

Okay. You projected what you thought might be the most likely Coalition Government which could come in 2024. But i didnt understand clearly who the participants were. There are essentially four players in the political space at the moment. Theres the African National congress which has about 40 of the vote of potential vote, 60 of the actual vote. Theyre player number one. The Second Player is the largely liberal or classically liberal these things arent always clear opposition in south africa. ...