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we are going have a series of speakers. I wish to respond quickly to the point of the Senator from Massachusetts on a couple of areas. First, the purpose of the deficit reduction bill is to slow the rate of growth of entitlement programs…
what is the time, if the Chair will advise the majority and the minority? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority has 1 hour 21 minutes remaining. The minority has 1 hour 33 minutes remaining. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from West…
Should I charge this to the Senator's time? Essentially, I am clarifying the Senator's point. I will do this on my time. Essentially, the origination fees are being eliminated under this bill. I point out that the initiatives which are in…
is the time running against both sides? The PRESIDING OFFICER. If time is not yielded, it will be charged equally against both sides.
I understand Senator Chambliss is on his way over. I will yield when he gets here. I want to respond briefly to what the Senator from Montana said. I have respect for the Senator. He is one of the Members who is always constructive in…
First, I am going to object, and then I will yield. But I will not yield on my time. I will yield on the time of the Senator from North Dakota. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Well, I guess we can certainly give you 30 seconds. But I may take a minute and a half back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator is recognized for 30 seconds.
that is a good outline. I note that if Members want to speak, it would be nice if they would give us a call and tell us they want to speak, and we will make sure they have time to speak. We want to make sure everybody has the time they…
I will object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Michigan has the floor. Has she concluded her remarks? Has she yielded the floor?
I think we have continued this long enough. We actually do not have the PATRIOT Act inside the Deficit Reduction Act yet, but it is possible we could end up there before we finish. Senator Allard has been very gracious in allowing us to…
we are now on the deficit reduction conference report. We have 10 hours of debate, 5 hours equally divided. I know my colleague from North Dakota wants to speak tonight. Just for the edification of our membership, we will run some time off…
My point was, if there had been a vote which had invoked cloture so that we could have completed the business of the PATRIOT Act, we would have a vote on final passage of the PATRIOT Act, and it would have been put into law because a…