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Mr. President, I am speaking on this amendment. I oppose the amendment. I urge my colleagues to do the same. There is going to be a change with biofuels in this country. We are going to see a phasing out of the support for biofuels in…
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment Offered by Ms. DeLauro Ms. DeLAURO. Mr…
Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank the gentleman from Georgia, first of all, for his generosity to us. And we certainly understand the position you're coming from. And I think yes, it's probably a small amount of money, but I think all of…
I yield to the gentlewoman from Connecticut. Ms. DeLAURO. I thank the gentleman. In 2002, Warren Buffett called derivatives ``financial weapons of mass destruction.'' As Wall Street firms used these derivatives to construct highly…
Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Fortenberry). The amendment was agreed to. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will read. The Clerk…
Mr. President, I rise today to express my strong opposition to the amendment offered by my colleague from Oklahoma which we will be voting on tomorrow. Before I talk about the substance of the amendment, I wish to comment on the procedure…
Mr. President, again, we just hope our colleagues will look at this bill. It is a serious bill and very different than other bills that have been proposed in the past, and it actually takes existing money that was set out for the end of…
I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Ms. Klobuchar and Mr. Thune pertaining to the introduction of S. 1185 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'') The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Bennet). The…
Mr. President, I first wish to thank my colleague from Minnesota who spoke before me for his strong words. Also, I am here with the Senator from South Dakota, Mr. Thune, to speak about the legislation we are introducing today, along with…
Mr. President, if I may continue, I thank Senator Thune for his work. One point I think he made that is incredibly important: I think not all of our colleagues understand that the way it is under the current rules is VEETC, which has been…
There is currently at least a $1.3 billion backlog of school construction and repair needs in Indian Country.
What's slowed it down is they did an environmental impact study and it didn't quite cut mustard.
I think that's something that we need to try to avoid.
the best investment we could have is making sure all of our at-risk kids start school healthy and ready to learn.
you have to educate your kids. That is the proven way to create sustainable economic growth.
you are putting State and local politicians in a very tough position.