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Dan Coats is a former United States Senator from Indiana, serving from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Coats previously held the same Senate seat from 2001 to 2005. Before his Senate career, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1981 to 1989. Coats has been involved in various policy areas, including national security and foreign relations, and has been a vocal advocate for a strong defense policy. He also served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 2005 to 2009 under President George W. Bush.
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…
I ask unanimous consent to speak as in morning business for 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Wasteful Spending
I am here on the floor almost every Monday, and this is the 11th time I have been on the floor over the last 3 months or so to speak about the waste of the week. We are trying to identify those areas of fraud and abuse and waste of…
I am back on the floor again for ``Waste of the Week'' No. 10. As my colleagues know, I have been coming down every week talking about waste, fraud, and abuse, ways we can save taxpayer dollars. While we have not been able to address…
I thank the minority leader for this opportunity. Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act Mr. President, recently on this floor, I spoke about the need to pass the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act with robust, veto-proof, bipartisan majorities…
may I ask the minority leader if it would be possible to speak as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate is in a quorum call.
today I return to the floor of the Senate for my ninth installment of ``Waste of the Week.'' I think the Presiding Officer has been here for most of those nine installments. My purpose has been straightforward: to highlight waste, fraud…
I rise to express my support for the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act--the only measure now before us that will prevent President Obama from having a free and independent hand to conclude a flawed agreement with the Government of Iran…
I am just going to speak for a few minutes. I am happy to defer to the Senator from Tennessee, but it shouldn't take more than 2 or 3 minutes. If the Senator is interested, this is this week's installment of my ``Waste of the Week''…
We as a Congress, and we as a Federal Government, ought to be doing everything possible to encourage this industry for moral reasons alone, but for also a number of economic reasons.
The tragedy of what has happened here is that, while there is as much bipartisan support for this legislation as any other piece of legislation in the last 5 years within the Congress, we are unable to get to the finish line.
I am here today to identify yet another installment of the ``Waste of the Week.'' We have been doing this now for several weeks, trying to save taxpayers' dollars out of documented waste of their dollars when they send them to Washington…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Ayotte). Without objection, it is so ordered. Wasteful Spending
as I have done for the last several weeks, I am back again for this week's ``Waste of the Week,'' a series of weekly speeches which points out how we can save taxpayer dollars by looking at waste, inefficiency, duplication, and other…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Gardner). Without objection, it is so ordered. Wasteful Spending
Tax day is a perfect time to commit to not let another April 15th pass before we finally tackle comprehensive pro-growth tax reform.
It is fitting that on Tax Day, April 15, we are examining one of the most vexing challenges for small business--our burdensome and incomprehensible tax code.
I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve…
this amendment, which I will briefly state the intent of here and which I have offered, along with Senator Warner, would help to strengthen our cyber security defenses by calling for increased sharing of information on cyber security…
I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to…
this amendment calls for States to have the flexibility to seek innovative Medicaid reforms that can both strengthen the program and make more efficient use of taxpayer dollars. My State of Indiana has been a leader in innovative Medicaid…
I rise today to speak briefly on an amendment I have already submitted in the budget bill, but which also qualifies as a ``Waste of the Week.'' So I am going to do a two-for here. As I have said previously, I am coming to the floor every…
it is my understanding that reserved time is now available for the Joint Economic Committee, particularly in regard to presenting the report which is part of the budgetary process, so I will go forward with that. It is an honor for me to…
I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Ernst). Without objection, it is so ordered. State Of The Economy
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