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Mark Pryor is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 2003 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he focused on issues such as healthcare, education, and infrastructure during his tenure. Pryor was known for his moderate stance and worked across party lines on various legislative initiatives. He was re-elected in 2008 but lost his bid for a third term in 2014, marking the end of his Senate career.
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December 11, 2014
If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order.…
— Mark Pryor
For the information of all Senators, if all debate time is used, there will be up to four rollcall votes in relation to the Defense authorization bill and the Saperstein nomination at 3 p.m. We hope to yield back some of the debate time…
Just by virtue of Senator Boozman sitting here with me you see that she has across the board support in Arkansas.
I do feel very strongly about this nomination because I know Colette. I know her well.
If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 10:31 p.m., conditionally adjourned until Monday, September 22, 2014, at…
At 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 12, there will be two rollcall votes on cloture on the nominations of Randolph Moss to be United States district judge for the District of Columbia and Leigh Martin May to be United States district judge…
There will be no votes tomorrow. The next rollcall vote will occur at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, September 8. ____________________
If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 11:15 p.m., adjourned until Friday, August 1, 2014, at 11 a.m.
I ask that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The resolution was agreed to. The preamble was agreed to…
I authored the Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act in 2010 as a way to make sure communications and video services remain available to all consumers.
It is hard for me to believe that the Administration did not know that the influx of unaccompanied children was occurring at a pace that might outpace resources.
The issue of unaccompanied children has always been a high priority for the Administration.
Perhaps it might be time now to consider a second Kissinger-style commission to develop urgency and consensus.
The United States has an immense stake in Central America's success, given our own history and engagement there.
Too many times, we put security ahead of economic opportunity and the balance should really be between the two, working together to reinforce one another.
The ultimate goal is public safety and ensuring that we use every tool to respond as promptly as possible.
I have a concern about us going to IP, and some of you all have mentioned this.
I would expect those companies in Arkansas and others around the country to continue their commitment to public safety, no matter the technology used to transmit phone calls over our networks.
The Veterans Entrepreneurship and Training Opportunities Act of 2014, Senator Pryor's legislation to make permanent several veteran entrepreneurship programs, would be very helpful.
Veterans, in my view, are natural entrepreneurs. They already have the skills, the experience, the leadership necessary to start a business.
Senator Pryor introduced S. 2396, the Veteran Entrepreneur Training and Opportunities Act of 2014.
Senate Bill S. 1656 is sponsored by both Senator Mark Pryor and Senator John Boozman.
I mean, we just see a high value, and they are all very young, let us just say.
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