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I will not yield at the moment. We have a few minutes left on our time, and then the Senator from Illinois could use his time to speak.

I cannot yield, but if the Senator from Massachusetts requests time and wants to use the Democratic time for that, we have 14 minutes on the majority side I would like to use to talk about the small business health plan. But if the Senator…

And it will be struck down as unconstitutional at each and every appellate court level, up to the point that the Supreme Court would be the only court left to consider hearing it.

And it will be struck down as unconstitutional at each and every appellate court level, up to the point that the Supreme Court would be the only court left to consider hearing it.

Doing so will be the broadest, direct attack on Roe v. Wade that we've seen to date.

Today we have had a full day of debate on the nomination of Judge Alito for the Supreme Court. This all-important debate will continue tomorrow and the balance of the week. Tomorrow, we will again be alternating hour time blocks for…

I appreciate you holding this hearing.

SBA has stepped up to the task during these times of need.

Thank you for making that sacrifice.

After 9/11, there was a GAO report issued in 2003 that indicated some of the metrics that the SBA used for determining disaster loan performance were not fully reflecting the program's actual performance.

I thank the gentleman. Section 1287 of the conference report to accompany H.R. 6 includes rulemaking authority for the Federal Trade Commission to adopt rules protecting the privacy of electric consumers in connection with their receipt of…

Would the gentleman from New Mexico yield to me for purposes of engaging in a colloquy?

I will, and I welcome the opportunity to come to the floor and speak to it as well.

I thank you, Mr. President. I say to the Senator from Virginia, if you are looking for, again, a specific timeline on this, I think these were probably condition (D) and condition (E) you were referring to. It may be more easily defined if…

Again, the Senator from Virginia is correct in that the timeline you gave me, the current BRAC timeline, is not impacted until the President would act and make the recommendation to the Congress.

The first criteria that deals with the Overseas BRAC Commission's findings and report would suggest that until those recommendations, until the analysis is complete, until that report has been carefully analyzed, and then ultimately it…

Yesterday the Senate, again, acted in a unified bipartisan manner when it voted 95 to 0 to add an additional $1.5 billion to the Department of Veterans' Affairs. Although a family medical emergency unfortunately prevented me from being…

Do I understand the ranking member of the Budget Committee correctly to say that what this budget proposes to do is to make room for a massive tax cut for those making over $1 million per year--not just millionaires but people who make $1…