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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

Mr. President, I thank my friend, and I know the Senator from West Virginia and the Senator from Connecticut have both been patient. Why don't we yield time to the Senator from West Virginia now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

I thank my colleague from West Virginia. I believe we are going to propound another 30-minute unanimous consent request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. First, the other side has 15 minutes.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

Oh, they have 15 minutes. We will let Senator Toomey start the 15-minute time allotment for Republicans. Then, when our turn is next, we will go to Senator Blumenthal. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Pennsylvania.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

Mr. President, to start our portion of the 30 minutes, Senator Blumenthal has been very patient, so I wish to start with the Senator from Connecticut. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

Mr. President, for this tranche, I believe we will have Senator Durbin lead off for us and then Senator Nelson and Senator Bennet. Each is going to try to take around 5 minutes. Senator Durbin. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Senator Durbin.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

Mr. President, I want to thank my colleague from Illinois for a very insightful analysis, and his skills as a handwriting expert may be necessary as the Senate Finance Committee tries to divine what that particular page actually means. I…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

Their eyes are being strained as we speak. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

Mr. President, my colleague has a parliamentary inquiry, and then we will go to Senator Bennet.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

When this is filed, we want the American people to know what has actually been written on the side. Will it be possible, as part of Senator Durbin's statement, to add this ``written on the side'' portion as part of his statement so that…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

Thank you. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The text will appear in linear format with any errors that may be in it.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

Mr. President, just before we wrap up, I have heard Republicans talk constantly about how this process is being conducted by regular order. I have never seen in my time in public service, when talking about $10 trillion worth of tax policy…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

Mr. President, we are going to have several of our colleagues on our side, and we will start with Senator Sanders.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

Mr. President, I would just like to set the record straight on a couple of points. I have a response to my colleagues who continually say this corporate tax cut is going to raise workers' wages by $4,000. Now, I asked the head of the Joint…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

Mr. President, if I could have the attention of my colleague from Pennsylvania, I would like to pose a question to him on a matter. We, as we have indicated, have been digging through the amendments. As far as I can tell, what we have is…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

Mr. President, if my colleague would yield further, what is your analysis of how many colleges would benefit from this? The reason I ask is, in my view, there are a lot of deserving Oregon schools--and I seem to remember quite a few…

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

Mr. President, how much time remains on our side in the tranche? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Eleven minutes.

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Ron Wyden
@ronwyden· Democratic · OR· Dec 1, 2017

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my motions to commit be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Motion to Commit With Instructions Mr. Wyden moves to…

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