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Mr. President, the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act on the floor today is a bipartisan bill that is focused on ensuring our warfighters are prepared to operate across the full spectrum of conflict and to support the objectives laid…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m., Thursday, June 14; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of…
Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order following the remarks of Senators Merkley and Sasse. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…
Mr. President, a very disastrous thing happened 10 years ago in Iowa. The whims of Mother Nature tested the State of Iowa 10 summers ago when deadly tornadoes, storms, and floods caused more than $10 billion in damage to communities…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. 2008 Iowa Floods
Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I do think that is a timely request. Thankfully, the farm bill is being marked up tomorrow in the Agriculture Committee, and I do think that is the appropriate venue to discuss the caps on…
Madam President, I come to the floor to make amendment No. 2400 pending, but it is my understanding that we are almost at an agreement on the hotline. This bill has cleared committee by voice vote and by my colleagues on the Republican…
Mr. President, I am here to call up my amendment today so we can save money for our Nation and for our military. Certainly, I am not here to derail the National Defense Authorization Act. I am thankful that again this year we have a great…
Mr. Speaker, it is a privilege to address you here on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. I would say, first of all, I want to compliment the gentleman on the selection of his tie--the nice Washington Capitals red tie…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we vote right now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. Cloture Motion Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture…
Our hearing today will allow Members of Congress and the general public to examine the constitutional options...
You have to find--you have to have the instinct and the intuition to find a way to penetrate in, get your start.
I believe one of them is the ACA because we have unaffordable healthcare.
I talk to bankers consistently, and they say: I can't give those kinds of loans anymore because I am too tied down by too much heavy regulation.
I would say that to anybody out there is that don't grow to anticipated demand, but grow to that demand that exists so that you are satisfying your customers.
So when I listen to the difficulty in reaching financing, Ms. Dougert, and one-third of one-third is one out of nine.
I think that your generation, the youngest among you anyway, has lost something that used to be.