Political Quotes

“next we have Senator McCaskill's amendment No. 2030. Amendment No. 2030 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri. Mrs. McCASKILL. Madam President, I call up my amendment No. 2030. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Missouri [Mrs. McCaskill] proposes an amendment numbered 2030. Mrs. McCASKILL. I ask unanimous consent that further reading be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. (The amendment is printed in the Record of Tuesday, April 17, 2012, under ``Text of Amendments.'') The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will now be 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote on amendment No. 2030, offered by the Senator from Missouri. Mrs. McCASKILL. Madam President, S. 89 makes significant changes to the Federal Employees Compensation Act, FECA, which I support. The changes seek to reduce overspending in the program. But this is an amendment that will allow a couple of considerations that I think are important to include. The amendment, along with other things, would improve upon the current program by providing those injured while deployed in armed conflict additional time to file a claim for FECA benefits and to ensure that deployed employees injured in a terrorist attack overseas while off-duty would receive the FECA benefits.…”