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IN-RFormer senators
I yield back the remaining time, and I ask for the yeas and nays. Cloture Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state. The assistant bill…
Mr. President, in closing, let me say there are any number of reasons why the substance of this bill is totally flawed. We live in a dangerous world today. We all know and understand that. While the provisions in this bill wouldn't have…
How much time on the other side has been used? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont has 30 seconds remaining.
If that many men and women were dying on the battlefield, this country would be up in arms. It simply is unacceptable.
I really appreciate the way the two staffs worked so hard together to master housing finance and produce a product that had a lot of bipartisan support.
What is the biggest risk that you see into the future if Congress does not take action on housing finance?
We owe them the opportunity to heal, whether their wounds are seen or unseen.
I wish to call attention to the bill itself. We talk about many bills, but we don't really debate many bills, so this has been a refreshing day on the floor of the Senate. I have not really seen a day like this in 8 years. I am encouraged…
Mr. President, my oldest son graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans with a master's degree in economics. He wrote a paper for his master's thesis called ``The Dutch Disease.'' I had never heard of the Dutch disease, but, him being…
On behalf of the people of Georgia, the next three votes will be three judges for the State of Georgia. Senator Chambliss, the senior Senator from Georgia, has done an outstanding job of leading our Judiciary Committee to negotiate with…
Your insight into VA's mental health programs will be tremendously helpful to this Committee.
It takes compassion and, as I have said in previous hearings, someone on the other end of the phone who sounds like they want to help.
Senator Hoeven is on the floor. Senator Boxer is also. I know our vote is at 6:30, and it is 4:30. Should we divide the time equally or how do we think this would work? If Senator Hoeven would say what he thinks, we could do one-third…
We only have 5 minutes remaining. How much time do the Democratic opponents have remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. They have 27 minutes remaining.
Mr. President, how much time do the Republican proponents have remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. They have 52 minutes remaining.
We waited for 6 months after the final report was done. So the final report has been done. It has been 6 years. It is clearly in America's interests. We have labor unions, business organizations-- the Association of Petroleum Institute…
I would like to take 1 minute now and then we are going to ask for some additional time. I want to thank the Senator from North Dakota for her really clear and direct explanation of this and her practical approach to what we do here. It is…
Mr. President, how much time do I have remaining as a proponent who was originally given 1 hour? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Seven minutes.
