Dan Coats said "Mr. President, if I could respond to my colleague, many of us have been on the list also, and we also have been waiting hours and hours and hours--patiently waiting. Again, working down through the list was not followed by the opposition. I am simply saying that what was asked just a few moments ago was not objected to. When Members on the other side of the aisle had their opportunity to speak, we were patiently waiting. They have left the floor. There is no one on their side who has not spoken. I don't see what the problem is. The Senator from Oregon wants to file a list, but no one on the list on the other side is here. We are going to speak for a limited amount of time, and we have been waiting 3 hours to do so. So I am hoping my colleague would allow us to do that. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordDecember 9, 2016

Mr. President, if I could respond to my colleague, many of us have been on the list also, and we also have been waiting hours and hours and hours--patiently waiting. Again, working down through the list was not followed by the opposition. I am simply saying that what was asked just a few moments ago was not objected to. When Members on the other side of the aisle had their opportunity to speak, we were patiently waiting. They have left the floor. There is no one on their side who has not spoken. I don't see what the problem is. The Senator from Oregon wants to file a list, but no one on the list on the other side is here. We are going to speak for a limited amount of time, and we have been waiting 3 hours to do so. So I am hoping my colleague would allow us to do that. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

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Dan Coats

Republican · Indiana

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