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Quotes from current and former U.S. state governors.
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VA-RFormer governors
Mr. President, I rise this afternoon to address the Offshore Production and Safety Act. It is legislation that attempts to address the regulation and the critical need to drill for oil in this country. Let me tell you, I understand the…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Science and Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 18, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. in room 253…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 18, 2011, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Seapower of the Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 18, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs' Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 18, 2011, at 9:30 a.m…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 18, 2011, at 9:45 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 18, 2011, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 18, 2011, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a European Affairs subcommittee hearing entitled, ``Administration…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on May 18, 2011, at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on March 18, 2011, at 2:20 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…
Madam President, I rise, as I try to do on a regular basis, to honor another one of our great Federal employees. I know in the great Empire State of New York there are literally thousands of folks who oftentimes work anonymously to make…
Again, Mr. President, as you see me on this floor--and I know you share this commitment to those Federal employees who work in the great State of Minnesota--too often, when we have our political dialogs here, we get closed and sometimes…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on May 18, 2011. The committee will meet in room 418 of the Russell Senate Office Building beginning at…
Mr. President, I rise to speak on behalf of S. 953. Today I wish again to speak about gas prices in our country and the pressing need to increase domestic supply. In a nutshell, the way you reduce prices at the pump for American consumers…
Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the motion. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the…
Madam President, to me, this argument is, in fact, all about fairness. It has nothing to do with class warfare. It has nothing to do with gotcha but has to do with abrogation of social responsibility on the basis of levels. Every once in a…
Mr. President, I am pleased I could be here to hear our colleague from Florida talking so eloquently about the importance of ending the subsidies we are currently paying to the Nation's largest oil companies and about the importance of…
I was unavoidably detained and unable to be in the Chamber for two rollcall votes on H.R. 754 due to a meeting with constituents at the Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on the Rogers…
