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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.
This legislation makes a valuable contribution to our Nation's efforts to enhance the quality of life for our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines as well as their families, while continuing to transform our military forces to ensure that…
There is just one basic issue relating to this rule: Why is the Republican majority hiding a report on individuals who flee America and give up their citizenship, in a sense, in name, in order to avoid paying American taxes? Why are our…
And that neither one addresses tax issues. That is a totally separate bill, not in either the McCain-Levin or the Levin-McCain accounting standard.
I supported Senator McCain's amendment, and, indeed, I have been very active in trying to get this accounting rule adopted in the way the independent accounting board wants to have it adopted. That is the key emphasis.
Under the cloud we created in 1994. I would refer my friend to the debate in this body back on May 3, 1994, where the Senate reached a conclusion that it is the sense of the Senate, that was approved by, again, a vote of 88 to 9 or…
Because this Congress has been on record as saying what the accounting standard should be. In the early 1990s we took a position. This neutralizes that position. This says, the accounting board is the right place. The Senate is on record…
The last statement we ought to make on this subject is that the accounting board is the appropriate place to make that decision, not the Senate.
No surprise. I am afraid that the public, having lost so much of its pension money, is disgusted but no longer surprised.
I am afraid very little would surprise me about some of these violations and deceptions these days.
But there is not a Member of this body on either side of the aisle who does not recognize the extraordinary leadership of Senator Daschle. And that list is a tribute to his leadership. It obviously involves a lot of other people, as he…
I congratulate the Senator on her amendment, which we have accepted. It takes an important step in assuring that we are going to have the kind of Navy that we need, for which our Quadrennial Defense Review provides. Her amendment is going…
I hope we can now adopt this amendment. I thank the Senator from Georgia for his persistence on this issue. He has identified a critically important unmet need for this country. We have reservists who have been away from their jobs for a…
That is right. I am talking about what the conference report does. The Senator's amendment leaves that discretion there. But because of the tradition, we fund that authorized level, which the Senator from Virginia has pointed out, and we…
I think our conference could actually direct the Secretary of Defense to do it out of their own funds. I think that is an option.
The committee believes that innovative partnerships, better business practices, and the continuation and expansion of the innovative personnel demonstrations authorized in this and other programs are all important for the revitalization of…
A competitive process will be used to select participants in any of the partnerships established by the legislation.
Section 241 is part of the Senate's continuing efforts to improve the Department's labs and test centers. This pilot program expands and authorizes a number of innovative business practice and personnel demonstrations that are very…
I am familiar with the Aberdeen proposal and this legislation could be used to implement their plans, if the Secretary of Defense designates it.
The President is not precluded by this language from reaching a different conclusion and allocating as he chooses. It is pretty clear what our judgment is as to the top priority. That is the purpose of this amendment.
On page 3, strike subsection (c) and insert the following: ``(c) Priority for Allocating Funds.--In the expenditure of additional funds made available by a lower rate of inflation, the top priority shall be the use of such funds for…
I commend and congratulate Senator Domenici. He has been very active in the fight against proliferation. This gives the DOE important additional capability and authority to help us win the war against proliferation. This is a very…
All that passed here was an extension of TAA, and for the gentleman to get up here and say otherwise is simply wrong. We did not consider anything but the very, very continuation of the present structure for a short period of time.
But my question is--if it turns out otherwise, there have to be cuts made somewhere, under the Senator's amendment, as he has just responded. He is not adding any money, so there must be cuts made somewhere. And those cuts, of course…
And if the net savings turned out to be $400 million instead of $814 million, then would the Secretary be required to make cuts in other programs?
If it turns out otherwise when the midterm review is completed, despite that best estimate on the part of the Secretary of Defense, will the amendment still authorize the expenditure of that $814 million in the ways specified? In other…
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