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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· May 8, 2012

One of the problems is that Federal contracting officers use the no-bid contracts for ANCs because they want to expedite a project.

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John McCain
@johnmccain· Republican · AZ· May 8, 2012

I think you have to be more definitive on this issue. It is a very important issue to us.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 8, 2012

So what are you waiting for? The percentage of total cramming complaints has almost doubled in 3 years on wireless.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 8, 2012

I guess what puzzles me, and maybe this really does come down to the Congress not doing its job as we're often reminded of that whenever we find fault with agencies and individuals, is the notion that my Internet activity out of my home…

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 8, 2012

I wish a couple Supreme Court justices had stood for office at some point in their life, maybe they would understand this issue a little more.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 8, 2012

I'm worried that I may have signed off all of my rights to any royalties from music that I produce in the future. I'm not sure what I've done here.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 8, 2012

We have tried to pass a DISCLOSE Act here in the Congress so that the Super PAC folks would have to say, actually say on the ad, I paid for this, or I'm not a foreign national.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 8, 2012

The fiscal year 2013 request is $8.75 million for the inspector general. The fiscal year 2012 enacted level is $9.75 million.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 8, 2012

So I would say that is somewhere short of a tap on the wrist.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 8, 2012

So what about the argument that somehow you are forcing disclosure of sensitive pricing data that otherwise would not be disclosed?

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 8, 2012

After Citizens United, we virtually have no rules when it comes to money being spent on campaigns.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 8, 2012

I find it hard to believe that encryption is the threshold, and how in the world would the average person know that or be able to protect themselves.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 8, 2012

Let's take a look at it because I think it's something that if it requires change in the law, I'd like to consider that.

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Roger Wicker
@rogerwicker· Republican · MS· May 8, 2012

The American people are looking at us, they are looking to us.

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Roger Wicker
@rogerwicker· Republican · MS· May 8, 2012

This is a bill for the entire United States of America.

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Roger Wicker
@rogerwicker· Republican · MS· May 8, 2012

We need a bipartisan accomplishment in this Senate.

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Dick Durbin
@dickdurbin· Democratic · IL· May 8, 2012

I thank the Chair. Mr. President, we voted at noon today on whether we were going to start the debate on the student loan interest rate bill. For those who are following it, the largest Federal loan to college students, the Stafford loan…

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