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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…
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…
But I understand Senator Lautenberg is a cosponsor, so he does not get 15 minutes.
We will be going to ANWR here in a second, and then we will go to the Grassley-Dorgan amendment, and then the Democratic leader of the bill will, I presume, compose an amendment and then we will go to the Lott amendment on Amtrak. Is that…
I obviously appreciate those generous comments coming from a man who is truly a legend in the Senate and has done an extraordinary service for this Nation over his many years in the Senate. I thank him. Those are very kind and generous…
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…
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…
I assume the Senator from New Jersey will take the 6\1/2\ minutes. The Senator from Oregon wished to speak on the bill generally. It does not appear there will be a number of people speaking in opposition. After the Senator from New Jersey…
I appreciate that; or if we clear these, you do not have to stick around and we will make the request for you.
I will yield myself time off that of the Senator from Iowa, and I would simply say that I think the Senator from Iowa has summarized the reasons this proposal should be opposed. I want to reinforce that. We have a formula in place. The…
At this time we will move to the amendment offered by Senator Grassley and Senator Dorgan. Hopefully they will both be here in short order to get that one started. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
We will support an effort to pass legislation to make the technical change deleted from our bill in a more appropriate vehicle.