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I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 46, line 12, strike ``or cooking utensil'' and insert ``cooking utensil, carpet, or rug, clothing, or…

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 8:37 p.m., adjourned until Monday, December 23, 2019, at 10 a.m…

I urge my colleagues to take a look at this bipartisan bill. We are overdue to reauthorize the Older Americans Act. This is our opportunity not only to reauthorize it but to make it even better and more responsive to the needs of America's…

If we succumb to this notion that the President is above the law, then I think we are sacrificing the Democratic system.

This is about, yes, about Trump and the impeachment of Trump, but really what's at stake is the rule of law.

The President has said, the rules don't apply to him, that he can't be charged with anything, that he can't even be investigated.

I saw no evidence presented during any of the committee hearings and I believe that's the case with the Senate investigation as well that indicated that Ukraine had any organized attempt to interfere.

I think that the growing distrust out there in the general public is about this concern about information and who has control over it.

One thing that I always hear from my constituents is a concern in particular about individual information.

Good. Good. That just seems like a common, that you can hold yourself to the standard you would hold other, some of your clients to would be important.

I appreciate that very much. And obviously, that would be important to avoid that kind of unfair bias.

I guess we have heard from some people back home in Maine who are concerned that that may not be the case.

The sad thing is, as I often hear as I talk to small business owners, well, did you ever think about reaching out to SBA about this?

This is also on Congress. It has been since the 1990s when this program was put forward and, you know, oversight is our role.

I do want to encourage you to look into ways that you can push forward, access to capital for those types of investments.

I urge this committee to act with the urgency that this crisis demands before it is too late.

But it is time for the federal government to step up and take bold action to address it as well.

I think Members on both sides of the aisle know and recognize that innovation is a critical key in the long-term viable solution to combating climate change.