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Mr. President, I wish to address the issue of the Export- Import Bank reauthorization, if I might, for a few moments. My colleague, the Senator from the State of Maine, has just spoken to it, and I expect my colleague from the State of…
Isn't it great to know what you were put on this Earth to do? Isn't that great?
Over the last, gosh, 40-some years, maybe 50 years, in this country we have tried to figure out in a health care delivery system how do we get better results for less money.
The number of people without health care coverage is down from about 40 million to maybe closer to 10 million now, headed in the right direction.
I like to say: Find out what works. Do more of that.
I think we actually need to make it really clear: This person blew the whistle, here is what we learned, and here is why veterans are better off.
We need more permanent IGs, Senate-confirmed IGs.
The most important element in the success of any organization I have ever been a part of is leadership.
I want to thank each of you for being here today.
Some people said we need to do health care reform in order to slow the growth of health care costs, and we did.
The media can play a valuable role here. The media takes a lot of abuse.
Mr. President, going back to the elections of last November, there are three takeaways--enduring takeaways--for me from that election: No. 1, people want us to work together; No. 2, they want us to get things done; No. 3, they want us to…
Mr. President, one of the factors in creating a favorable environment for job creation and job preservation is, of all things, something that has been around for 200 years to 225 years, and that is the U.S. Postal Service. Not many people…
They want us to take yes for an answer, and I would take no for an answer with the measure that is before us today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona.
First, let me thank Senator Flake for a very thoughtful statement. It reminds me a little bit of what Senator Reid has been asking for by unanimous consent for a week or two; that is, to actually forgo cloture votes and that sort of thing…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Tribute to Federal Employees Dr. Michelle Colby and Jonathan McEntee