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Michael Bennet
@michaelbennet· Democratic · CO· Feb 8, 2022

For years I have worked alongside Senator Wyden and Senator Grassley to write and pass the Family First Prevention Services Act.

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Ken Buck
@kenbuck· Republican · CO· Feb 7, 2022

This amendment is really very simple. It changes a somewhat convoluted definition of sexual harassment to the following: ``The term `sexual harassment dispute' means a dispute relating to conduct that is alleged to constitute sexual…

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Ken Buck
@kenbuck· Republican · CO· Feb 7, 2022

I thank the gentleman for his leadership, and I appreciate Mrs. Bustos and her willingness to consider this language. I don't know that there was a problem beforehand, but whatever there was, it has been cleared up, and I very much think…

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Ken Buck
@kenbuck· Republican · CO· Feb 7, 2022

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Beginning on page 2, strike line 21 and all that follows through line 10 on page 3, and insert the…

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Ken Buck
@kenbuck· Republican · CO· Feb 7, 2022

I thank the gentlewoman from Minnesota for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4445. This is the way the legislative process should work. This started with a victim of sexual harassment, Gretchen Carlson, who stepped forward…

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Michael Bennet
@michaelbennet· Democratic · CO· Feb 3, 2022

The Senator from Texas was yielding patiently, and just for clarity of the record, I yield to the senior Senator from the State of Texas. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas is recognized.

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Michael Bennet
@michaelbennet· Democratic · CO· Feb 3, 2022

I thank the senior Senator from Texas who, in fact, is a noncombatant in this effort. And I am sorry that he has had the misfortune of having to come out here and object. I will say that Colorado and Utah are right next to each other, and…

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Michael Bennet
@michaelbennet· Democratic · CO· Feb 3, 2022

I would ask through the Chair how long the Senator from Texas might be. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas is recognized.

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Michael Bennet
@michaelbennet· Democratic · CO· Feb 3, 2022

I defer to the Senator from Texas. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Thank you. The Senator from Texas is recognized when he is ready.

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Michael Bennet
@michaelbennet· Democratic · CO· Feb 3, 2022

first I would like to congratulate the senior Senator from Texas for his leadership on this incredibly important issue with Senator Warner, the senior Senator from Virginia. It really is important that we get this passed. Our national…

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Lauren Boebert
@laurenboebert· Republican · CO· Feb 2, 2022

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania and the chairman of the Freedom Caucus. I thank him for leading on this issue and thank him for putting together a hearing yesterday so we could hear from people who are on the ground at the southern…

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Michael Bennet
@michaelbennet· Democratic · CO· Jan 19, 2022

Somebody said: ``You are young.'' Only in the U.S. Senate would that be true. But I know the Presiding Officer, who is the chair of the important Appropriations Committee, is retiring this year. I was sitting here as I was getting ready to…

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Michael Bennet
@michaelbennet· Democratic · CO· Jan 19, 2022

I am glad to use Rhode Island as a unit of measure. It is also smaller than a number of Colorado counties, but it has its charm. It has its charm. It has water, which we don't have in the State of Colorado. But just let me say--because I…

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Michael Bennet
@michaelbennet· Democratic · CO· Jan 19, 2022

And we can't get a vote on that. The Freedom to Vote Act. Seventy percent of all voters, including 54 percent of Republicans, support it. All of them have been blocked by Senator McConnell and his abuse of the Senate rules--not some great…

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Ken Buck
@kenbuck· Republican · CO· Jan 19, 2022

My constituents wish I would stay that way sometimes, but I appreciate the warning.

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Ken Buck
@kenbuck· Republican · CO· Jan 19, 2022

the asylum system is important, and it is important that we get it right and it doesn't get clogged up with people who are coming here for economic reasons.

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