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Mike Levin is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 49th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Levin has focused on issues such as climate change, healthcare, and reproductive rights during his time in office. He has been an advocate for policies that promote access to in vitro fertilization and has emphasized the importance of bipartisan cooperation in Congress.
before asking for the yeas and nays, I want to thank my friend again, Senator Inhofe, for mentioning our staff. John Peter has done such good work with all of our staffs. We put the names of our staffs in the Record a day or two ago and…
I know that Senator Harkin is waiting to speak. Senator Harkin is truly one of the greatest Senators I have ever served with and Senator Harkin is one of the greatest people I have ever known. He, Ruth, Barb, and I have spent quality time…
I will not support the unanimous consent proposal of Senator Lee for several reasons. He may want to state his motion first before I give the reasons for objecting to it, but I will object and, if necessary at this point, I do object. The…
I wish to speak for a few moments about one of the most significant events in my 36 years as a U.S. Senator, the war in Iraq. I want to speak about important historical records crucial to our understanding of why we went to war against…
It is an objection which I join. I understand she wishes to respond for 1 minute. I have no objection, as long as we can really do it in 1 minute because I would like to close the debate prior to the vote on cloture. My friend from…
We are going to vote on cloture on H.R. 3979 soon, which represents the agreement between the Armed Services Committees of the Senate and the House on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015. I urge my colleagues--I…
We are going to vote soon on cloture on--by the way, I understand there was an objection to the unanimous consent request by Senator Gillibrand. The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is correct.
The letter contains no indication that he had asked the Czech government for its view, as he committed to do. But Director Brennan's letter includes, and therefore finally declassifies, this very clear statement from the cable: ``[T]here…
I am pleased to join with Senator Inhofe, the ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, to bring to the floor H.R. 3979. This is the agreement between the Armed Services Committees of the Senate and House on the National…
14 years ago, Congress made a grave mistake. In the dead of night, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001, Congress passed a little-noticed provision that prohibited all meaningful oversight and regulation of swaps, which…
first let me thank Senator Inhofe for his friendship, most importantly, but also for the great partnership we have enjoyed. It has been a real pleasure working with the Senator from Oklahoma. I should perhaps also say we are confident our…
The Senator from Oklahoma is speaking for both of us, I can assure him, with his comments and so many other comments he made. I will yield to the Senator from Colorado, but first I wish to thank him for the great contribution he has made…
I thank the Presiding Officer and yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Oklahoma.
I would like to thank both Senator Reed and Chairman Johnson for working with our committee to include the HAVEN Act within the bill we are considering today. ____________________
I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Danny K. Davis), another member of our committee.
The way we have acted here, taxpayers will be able to use the IRA rollover for this tax season. That is for sure. People who want to make donations, however they do it, relating to nutrition and food will be able to do that for this tax…
the report released today by the Intelligence Committee is an important addition to the public's knowledge about the CIA's use of torture, euphemistically described by some as ``enhanced interrogation techniques'' in the period following…
I thank the gentleman for yielding. If a test of a career is whether you made a difference, Big John's career has been a big success. In so many ways, John was tall in stature physically and in every other way. There has been much note…
for the Committee on Armed Services I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the RECORDS on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that…
on Tuesday evening Senator Inhofe and I announced that we had reached an agreement with the chairman and the ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee on a new national defense authorization bill for fiscal year 2015. The text…
I ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Okay. I would like to give your colleague a chance, but shall we proceed? Is that okay?
Okay. I can do so very briefly. I think we face a somewhat unusual situation here. We have an opportunity to help people who have some very major challenges, including challenges related to their health, and so on balance I think there is…
I yield myself an additional 1 minute. Then we hear last week a proposal for $400 billion of it unpaid for, permanent--unpaid for, permanent--leaving out the EITC and the child tax credit, so that is why the President acted, and that is…
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