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 hear from you soon. Chairman gray along with my colleague Ranking Member larsen have worked hard on a bipartisan bill to pass a longterm faa reauthorization so we thank you for that. Im hopeful we will be able to do the same. In a bipartisan fashion. And finalize the bill into law before the end of 2023. This is a reminder that the aviation safety and the job of running the faa are not partisan. The
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, strengthen them to be loyal to you, obedient to your precepts, and grateful for your loving providence. Lord, give our senators faith to believe that youre willing to help them solve the problems they face. Lead them into the paths of loving service, as they strive to honor you. Open their eyes to the many things they can accomplish for the glory of your name. And, lord, bring peace wherever there is con
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 onto live healthy and full lives. This, mr. President , is not about prochoice or prolife. It is simply about protecting tenin fingers, ten toes and one beating heart and bringing the amazing gift of life. And in our world, out of merely 200en nations, only seven allow abortions on demand of 20 weeks. Only seven out of 200 nations, whos among the seven nations, china, north korea, vietnam and the
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. Recognized. The gentleman has 2 1 2 minutes. Mr. Fleming i thank my friend, mr. Wolf. First of all, lets be clear. Marijuana is an addicting substance. Its schedule 1, its against federal law, it was passed that y into the c. S. Namplet 1970 and what this amendment would do is, it wouldnt change the law, it would just make it difficult, if not impossible for the d. E. A. And department of justice to en
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, preventing a level Playing Field for womens businesses to act as federal contractors. We have not achieved the mandating contracting goal of 5 . This will translate to 1. 3 billion in Small Business contracts that will be lost for women entrepreneurs. This will jeopardize at least 15,000 jobs. When combined with the closure of Business Centers that serve mainly women across america that will provide T