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David Perdue is a Republican politician from Georgia who served as a United States Senator from 2015 to 2021. He was elected to the Senate after defeating incumbent Democrat Michelle Nunn in the 2014 election. During his time in office, Perdue focused on issues such as economic growth, job creation, and reducing government spending. He was a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 342, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The legislative clerk read as follows: A…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Murkowski amendment and the Lee amendment, which are at the desk, be agreed to; that the substitute amendment, as amended, be agreed to; that the bill, as amended, be read a third time and…
Mr. President, I have spoken at length about how our debt crisis and our global crisis are interconnected. Before I speak today, though, I want to thank the Senator from Texas for his leadership this year, as we did get the Senate back to…
I think given the situation we have in the U.S., ... this is a very timely time to have that really serious conversation in the U.N.
In the last seven years, just to pick seven years when our debt has really sort of skyrocketed, we have spent about $125 billion between USAID and MCC.
In 1965, we had--we started basically the War on Poverty in the United States, and unfortunately today the poverty rate is basically the same as it was when we signed the Great Society.
Mr. President, I rise today to speak about a massive expansion of government that was fundamentally flawed from the start: the Affordable Care Act, better known as ObamaCare. In the past 100 years, we have had three supermajorities, all…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 10 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Global Security Crisis
Mr. President, I rise today to speak about our persistent global security crisis, but I also want to connect how our national debt crisis affects that. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the victims of these tragic events…
In my opinion, we have got a global security crisis. It manifests itself in many ways, but on three different levels, the rise of traditional rivals like China and Russia, the rise of ISIS with their land-based caliphate, and then I think…
Are we doing what we should be doing in Tunisia to support the balance toward tolerance, as you say, and inclusion?
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