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American academic, president of Heritage Foundation
I want to associate myself with the remarks of the distinguished chairman of the Finance Committee, a committee I feel very privileged to serve on with our distinguished chairman. He has a message that I think should be required reading…
Well, I think we have a very honest choice. There has been a lot of talk about single payer. There was a lot of talk about it early on in the debate about ObamaCare. I recall in observations made by President Obama that this was the first…
Is there at least a preamble to this bill or just an opening of a couple of paragraphs or something? Would the Senator describe it?
So this is a legitimate bill that is up. Well, it is not up for consideration now in the House. Is this the Conyers' bill?
I am sorry that I did not catch all of the Senator's remarks, but I think he said that this is a vote on a bill that was introduced in the House. How many cosponsors are on this bill? Is this a legitimate effort here?
I do not have the time. The Senator from Delaware has yielded to me. I will finish my statement in just a minute, if I can. Here we are with the July 1 deadline having been met, and here we are with the Vermont labeling law becoming, in…
Will my friend from Arizona yield? Mr. McCAIN. Sure. I will be glad to yield to my friend.
I thank the distinguished Senator from Alaska for her kind comments, her advice, and her help on several important issues we have worked on together. I hope she enjoyed the Thanksgiving meal we had--I guess it is called the Thursday lunch…
I thank my colleague. I hope he gets better from his cold. He did our sports presentation for us this morning. Maybe he could do the sports news for us every morning.
I thank the Senator from Alaska for her remarks. Please count me in. It is very timely and extremely important. ____________________
Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to thank my distinguished colleague from South Dakota, Senator Thune, for his very comprehensive review of where we are with the economy and the need for the Keystone Pipeline to pass. As always…
Might I say to the distinguished Senator from Louisiana, he indicated this was his maiden speech on the floor of the Senate. If that is so, I urge him to make additional speeches. I don't think I ever heard a more concise summary with…