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No problem there. Is the Senator aware that the foreign ops appropriation increased by 11 percent in 2009 and 33 percent last year? Yet the Senator is saying we can't trim 5 percent from that budget? Am I hearing the Senator correctly? We…
Mr. President, the dangerous consequences facing this Nation aren't as outlined by the chairman of the Appropriations Committee. The dangerous consequences facing this Nation are continued spending and borrowing from the next generation…
No. To answer the Senator's question, we do not even know how many duplicative programs there are out there. These are the 640 we found looking over a 4-week period. But when we asked GAO or the Congressional Research Service about this…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 3303 to Amendment No. 3299
Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
Madam President, while the Parliamentarian is doing the work that is necessary at this time, I thought I would spend a few minutes talking about this amendment in the interest of saving some time. We have a significant problem in front of…
I have the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Gillibrand). The Senator from Oklahoma still has the floor.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amended be set aside and I send up amendment No. 3303. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in the Record of Monday, January 25, 2010, under ``Text of…
Mr. President, this amendment rescinds our increase for our operations. We increased our budget 5.8 percent at a time when there was no inflation last year, zero. The year before that, we had increased our budget in excess of 10.9 percent…
Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.
Mr. President, what the American people are asking is, Why aren't the three nursing programs combined so you have one set of overhead to administer all three programs? That is what they are asking. This does not cut any money for the…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that these letters commenting on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009-- the majority's ``health reform bill''--be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was…
Mr. President. I ask unanimous consent to have printed in the Record the following letter I sent to Mr. Alan Frumin, Parliamentarian of the U.S. Senate, on January 8, 2010, regarding the ruling that occurred in the Senate on December 16…
I'd like to know your feelings about the adequacy of that account and how significant the section 1208 funds are.
That's my thinking here. Special Ops used to be rather small. Right now it's growing more rapidly than any other element out there.
if we do not really utilize the advantages that come with an IMET program, China is doing it.