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Dan Coats: “I thank you. I know the Senator from Kentucky understands that when a Senator has the floor, they are entitled to speak…”

On the recordMay 31, 2015
I thank you. I know the Senator from Kentucky understands that when a Senator has the floor, they are entitled to speak because he has used that rule himself. Mr. McCAIN. Twice the Senator from Kentucky has not observed the rules of the Senate. I would ask the Senator from Indiana, you have seen the events lately that are transpiring. ISIS has taken Palmyra. They are in the streets burning bodies, killing people, going to destroy 2,000-year-old antiquities, and at the same time Ramadi has fallen with thousands of innocent men, women, and children being massacred. At this time, isn't this program as critical as it has ever been since its inception, given the fact that the Middle East is literally on fire and we are losing everywhere?
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Dan Coats
Republican · Indiana
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May 31, 2015

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