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Deputy administrator in the obama administration. He stressed the importance of faa innovation. The chair of the house transportation and Infrastructure Committee spoke in support of the nomination at an earlier hearing. Good morning, everyone. The u. S. Senate committee on commerce, science and transportation took him to order. This morning we are here to consider the nomination of Michael Whitaker to be the administrator of the federal aviation administration. I want to thank mr. Whitaker for his willingness to serve. Im also grateful that the house chairman sam graves is here and we will he...

Senate continues for the day. Lawmakers vote whether to official work as a fiveyear Aviation Administration programs bill. Mo are than 80 amendments have been filed to the legislation, including policy riders unrelated to aviation. Current f. A. A. Programs expire on may 10th. Youre watching cspan2. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Holy god, be our rock of protection, for we place our confidence in you. Give the members of this body the power of your wisdom. In all their duties, strengt...

Legislation in the United States senate. Save more than 18,000 lives each and every year. Thats right, 18,000 lives each and every year. We arent talking about anything other than the results of sound science. And because of that sound science, we know that at approximately five we know that at approximately five months babies can feel pain. We know that if a baby were to need prenatal surgery at that age tivhey would be given an anesthia why, because that little life feels pain. Yesterday, mr. President , senator gave name after name after name of babies born around five months who have gone ...

From going into that persons house growing as many plants as they want because thats legal under the medical marijuana part of the law, not under the ew law . Mr. Chairman, this is not the right place for this the memorandum from this administration clearly states the department of justice does not prioritize prosecution for medical marijuana. Clearly states it. They dont do it. This is a solution in search of a problem that opens many other doors to the dangers of marijuana. I yield back. Mr. Wolf i yield the balance of my time to dr. Fleming of louisiana. The chair the gentleman isres. Recog...

Business administration, which fills our commitment to women entrepreneurs. The sequester has the potential to undermine this very promise by reducing sba funding. As a result, loans to women will be reduced by 250 million, translating to an decrease of 2,500 jobs. This means fewer women will be able to access affordable capital to turn their ideas, their dreams, into reality. When it comes to contracting, we have been fighting for so long we even took the Bush Administration to court to implement a contracting women program, and now that it is up and running, were going to shut the door, prev...