The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the ayes are 95. The nays are 3. The bill as amended is passed. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune mr. President , i ask unanimous consent to speak for up to ten minutes. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. The senate will be in order. Mr. Thune mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from south dakota. Mr. Thune i want to express my appreciation to my colleagues for the passage of the federal Aviation Administration reauthorization act of 2016. By passing this legislation, which i offered with the Commerce Committees Ranking Member, senator nelson, and our aviation subcommittee leaders senators ayotte and cantwell, the senate is seeking to end a string of short extensions with a comprehensive reform proposal now on its way to the house of representatives. Bipartisan efforts at both
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. Good afternoon. Im susan [inaudible] on behalf of our owners and our entire staff, id like to welcome you to politics prose. Just a reminder to, please, turn off or silence your cell phones. Also during our question and answer session, if you could step up to this mic right here, wed appreciate it because were recording this event. And you can leave your chairs, as we have a couple more events this afternoon. If you havent been to the store before, please, pick up one or our events calendars and take a look at all we have going on here including classes. Weve got three International Trips this fall, we have [inaudible] next month, so lots going on. Im excited to introduce steve almond and Gregg Easterbrook this afternoon to discuss two books on the remarkablytimely subject of football reform. Im not sure we could have picked a better moment to have this discussion gi
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