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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.
I wanted to respond to the last one minute, indeed to set the record straight. The gentleman from Florida said the Republican plans do not make solvency worse. Read the DeMint plan. The only way that the Shaw-McCrery plan does not make it…
It could be done. And NHTSA has a right to do that under our bill if it is logical to do that. But we should not set the number. We could say to NHTSA, and it is a perfectly logical argument, it seems to me that you should have the same…
In summary, this amendment directs DOE to use some common sense when buying oil for the SPR. It urges DOE to buy more oil when prices are relatively low and supplies are ample, and less oil when prices are high and supplies are scarce…
If the President can seek additional authority to meet the requirement to save 1 million barrels of oil a day, would the Senator be willing to modify the amendment to make that clear?
To achieve the one million barrels of oil a day in savings required by 2015, must the President use existing authorities, or can the President seek additional authority?
Does this amendment set a goal of reducing imported oil or reducing overall use of fossil fuel?
Does the amendment assume that there are adequate ``existing authorities of appropriate Federal agencies'' to meet the goal of saving 7.64 million barrels of oil per day by 2025?
Does the amendment assume the Congress will provide other new authorities to the President?
Does the amendment assume regulatory changes that would allow for greater use of diesel technology?
Does the amendment assume an increase in tax incentives to encourage use of advance technologies?
Does the amendment assume a major shift to use of renewable hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles?
Does the amendment assume a major increase in the use of hybrid electric vehicle technology?
The amendment sets a goal for a savings of 7.6 million barrels of oil by 2025. Are there assumptions made by the amendment?
I have been assured by the Office of the Governor of Michigan that should my amendment be accepted, the entirety of the 55 percent of the proceeds from the sale of the building that would have otherwise been remitted to the Federal…
My amendment will release the 55-percent equity position of the Department of Labor in the State-owned Detroit Labor Building in anticipation of its sale.
Bob Matsui was a pillar of his beloved Sacramento. He was a pillar of the congressional community. So it is truly fitting that the courthouse in his beloved city be named after him. I think today we should pause and ask what would be the…
It would not only weaken it; but one last point, it would in the end shrivel it next to nothing and mean its demise because of the cuts in benefits and what is called the claw-back which would be an offset against your Social Security of…
The privatization proposal does nothing to address the shortfall and, indeed, makes it worse.
About 30 percent of Social Security benefits go to those who are disabled and those who are family members. And the President said, if I might take another 30 seconds, that they would not be affected, the disabled. But that does not work…
This proposal would not address the shortfall, and $1.5 trillion would be diverted from Social Security the first 10 years and a total of $5 trillion over 20 years of privatization.
There is no comprehensive plan, but what has happened is that the President or his spokespeople have come forth with some proposals. So we have proposals, for example, in the commission report which was called a good blueprint by the…
I will vote against objecting to counting Ohio's electoral votes. Of course I am concerned by reports of irregularities across the country during the 2004 presidential election. The 109th Congress should address these problems this year as…
Cloture is not a new phenomenon when it comes to the debate over judges. Yet we hear now that suddenly the requirement that there be a cloture vote is something that is new to this Senate. It is not. It has been historically used. It is…
Is there a document that supports 130,000 would be needed? I would like to see a document that supports any analysis of what would be needed. That is the problem with the failure to plan for the aftermath. It is that there was no plan for…
I am usually the optimist. But on this I am skeptical about the ability of this new position, someone whom we are now throwing into a newly created position, to be able to drive his or her agenda. I am concerned about it. I think it is a…
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