Judd Gregg

If we had been allowed to go forward without cloture, isn't it true that the PATRIOT Act would have been on the floor, if the Democratic membership had voted for cloture?

This will be a 10-minute vote, as well as the following vote, so I hope Senators will stay around to accomplish those votes promptly. Second, we intend in conference, should we be successful in going to conference under the leadership of…

I wish to reiterate my statement which was inadvertently omitted from yesterday's Record with regard to amendment No. 2392 that we will support an effort to pass legislation to make the technical change deleted from our bill in a more…

At this point, I believe the Senator from North Dakota has an amendment to offer. Amendment No. 2422

The practical effect of this amendment would be to essentially vitiate the reconciliation process. It would mean we would end up with an event that could be filibustered. The whole purpose of reconciliation is to have a time limit and to…

CMS has a plan in place, and 6 months ago CMS introduced a strategy for transitioning dual eligibles from Medicaid to Medicare which lays out in great detail the steps CMS will take to ensure the continuity of coverage of this valuable…

I was correct then, and that is why we put pay-go into this resolution. The budget resolution does have pay-go in it, and it is the appropriate approach to pay-go because it recognizes there is a difference between tax relief and raising…

We will support an effort to pass legislation to make the technical change deleted from our bill in a more appropriate vehicle.

I suggest that the Senator from Oregon can do his statement in approximately half the time, 7\1/2\ minutes. Is that possible?

And we take the balance and parcel it between the Senator from Mississippi and the Senator from New Jersey since they were already here. As for the request of the Senator from Connecticut, hopefully, there is another window coming along so…

Obviously, when the amendment was structured, it was that there be half the time in opposition and half the time for the proponents. Right now there does not appear to be any Member here actively in opposition. Senator Smith would like to…

I don't think so, to be honest. It appears we do not have any time, either, for Senator Smith.