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Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· Mar 24, 2014

the word 'suspend' means you suspend for a while.

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Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· Mar 24, 2014

I rise in reluctant opposition to the amendment, because I think that this resolution, this bill should be narrowly tailored to meet the immediate needs of the Ukraine.

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Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· Mar 24, 2014

I think that we have to institute governments to provide for governing those people who live in particular areas now.

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Brad Sherman
@bradsherman· Democratic · CA· Mar 24, 2014

This is a vibrant democracy that deserves our support.

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Nita Lowey
@nitalowey· Democratic · NY· Mar 24, 2014

This approach is nonsense. The SEC is entirely fee-funded, and, as such, providing adequate funding authority will not take a dime of U.S. Taxpayer dollars, nor will it have any impact on the deficit or the debt.

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Nita Lowey
@nitalowey· Democratic · NY· Mar 24, 2014

I worry that the Republican majority's budget restrictions on the SEC are purposely intended to make it more difficult for the SEC to do its job.

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Joe Pitts
@joepitts· Republican · PA· Mar 24, 2014

Mr. Speaker, first, I want to thank the gentlelady for hosting this Special Order. This is so important because, tomorrow, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties against…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 24, 2014

I announce that the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu), and the Senator from Missouri (Mrs. McCaskill) are necessarily absent.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 24, 2014

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Chris Landberg, a detailee from the State Department to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, be granted floor privileges for the duration of the consideration of any legislation related to…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 24, 2014

Madam President, I wish to say through the Chair it was an honor to join my colleague Senator McCain in a whirlwind trip to Ukraine: 48 hours, maybe 6 extra to spare; 2 full days of working, meeting every leader at every level of…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· Mar 24, 2014

Through the Chair, I couldn't agree more. I think it is significant that when the new Prime Minister of Ukraine was scheduling his first trip outside of the country, where did he come? Here, Washington, DC. With whom did he meet? The…

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Marcy Kaptur
@marcykaptur· Democratic · OH· Mar 24, 2014

And so we started thinking about how we could restore on the nutrition front the ability to grow and raise product.

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Marcy Kaptur
@marcykaptur· Democratic · OH· Mar 24, 2014

We still aren't, in my opinion, close to the finish line. We haven't--we are not at the goal.

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Marcy Kaptur
@marcykaptur· Democratic · OH· Mar 24, 2014

we are finding we share some similar challenges, including many places where there are nutrition-short communities in this abundant society.

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Marcy Kaptur
@marcykaptur· Democratic · OH· Mar 24, 2014

we began to engage in a discussion about how the Department of Energy and its vast research resources might serve as an integrator of capabilities that could help improve life in some of the most forgotten corners of this country.

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Marcy Kaptur
@marcykaptur· Democratic · OH· Mar 24, 2014

has the Department gamed the impact that exports to Europe to displace Russian gas would have inside our economy?

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Marcy Kaptur
@marcykaptur· Democratic · OH· Mar 24, 2014

If the private sector had done such a good job, we wouldn't be importing $2.3 trillion.

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Marcy Kaptur
@marcykaptur· Democratic · OH· Mar 24, 2014

When we were out at Berkeley Livermore, Congresswoman Barbara Lee of Oakland joined us for some of those meetings.

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