senatore fcc's vote, kay bailey hutchison made this statement on the floor of the senate. >> the senator is a ranking member of the subcommittee in commerce and in the ranking member of the commerce committee. today, we're going to submit a congressional review act to overturn this troubling regulatory overreach by the fcc. i think that it is time for congress to say that we have not delegate this authority to the fcc. the communications act -- of the sec tried to do this in another part of the act. they were struck down by the court. now, they have gone to a different interpretation in a different section of the act to try to gain the capability to obstruct the freedom of access to the internet. it is a huge and serious issue that i hope congress will take the reins and say to the fcc that if we need regulation in this area, congress will do it. >> dean garfield? >> my reaction is that it is appropriate for congress to exercise oversight in this area. in the administrative agency is subject to the oversight as well as direction from congress. it is important to keep in mind that the mon

here's senator kay bailey hutchison. we thought she wouldn't be in the senate anymore because she was running for governor. she did win the primary down in texas. here she is on the floor today when they're about to debate this monstrosity, the 1,900 pages i have right here. they're talking about the tax cuts, $900 billion to add to the deficit. senator hutchison -- >> once this bill is passed, we must get about the business of cutting overall spending in this government. and that is not just the discretionary part, which is a minor part of our budget. it is also the entitlements. >> i just do want to note for the record, senator hutchison voted yes on george w. bush's medicare part "d" prescription drug benefit, which if you ask any deficit hawk in town, which is one of the reasons that we have a big deficit. but everybody seems to have gotten the message of the election for their speeches. the question, then, is, why are they killing trees? >> it's like one last drink. okay? it's sort of, i'm going to stop, i'm going t

we'll hear from jon kyl in arizona, or boxer of california, kay bailey hutchison of texas and kent conrad dakota. this is an hour and 15 minute period >> i just wanted to speak for a few minutes about the taxate package or tax legislation that the senate is debating and will be voting on here before long. is made on both sides ofemphast the albert mining the merits of the package and i emphasize the point that has been made thes others.fect no one thinks this is a perfecte though. u none of them are so stunned ando the tax rate exemptions are notx permanent. on the left, there are those whl dislike the death tax reform would've preferred the top marginal income tax be reached and their other concerns asservv well.fr i agreeie with some of the criticisms my conservative friends of may. this is not the bill i would'vea written.pack there is some provision in the package i disagree with her ob on the other hand, this is not the bill president obama would've written. i he's made it clear that he doesn't like anything in eithere the package represents a truebia bipartisan compromise. about b t

legislation i'm working with kay bailey hutchison from texas on has been blocked the same way. supermajority has meant when you've got 42 that want to engage in a work stoppage, it means it's awfully hard to get anything done, even extend unemployment benefits which we've always done bipartisanly in this country in terms of economic distress. >> my question is when the democrats had a 60-vote majority in the senate, why didn't they do something about the filibuster rule? >> maybe we could have. we were working on other things. we were working on recovery act and s-chip and equal pay for women, working on health care and wall street reform. perhaps we should have looked at the rules then in a way that could have made some intelligent changes about it. the right wing media would have squawked about it's a power grab by the democrats to do that. i always thought majority ruled in this country. we need to look seriously at it. >> senator brown, willie geist here. you voted monday against the tax package. you were vocal in our opposition to it. now you said you will voted for it and

leader jon kyl and includes remarks from california democrat barbara boxer and texas republican kay bailey hutchison. this is an hour. for a few minutes about the tax package or tax t legislation that the senate is debating and, we'll be voting on here before long. there's been b dismay on both b sides of the aisle regarding the merits of the package.ri i emphasize a point that has been made by others. no one thinks this is as. perfect bill. most conservatives are upset about theat unfunded extension of unemployment benefits. b the fact that the tax rate extensions are not permanent. on the left there are those who dislike the death tax reform and would haveha prefered the top marginal income tax rates be increased and there aregr other concerns as well. i agree with some of the criticisms my conservative friends have made.ou this not the bill i wouldth have written.ro there are some things in the package that i disagree withly on the other hand this is not the bill president obama would have written.tt he made it clear he doesn't like everything in itth either. the package represents a p true bipar