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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.
If the Senator would yield, I appreciate very much her saying that. I did commend, and I will again, the work the Senator from California and Senator Inhofe have done in bringing this bill forward in the right way. I know my friend is as…
Mr. President, can I ask what the procedure is regarding time? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Senators are permitted to speak for 10 minutes each.
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent I be permitted to speak up to 20 minutes. I do not intend to take that much time, I do not think I will take that much time, but I think I will probably go over the 10-minute limit.
Mr. President, I would like to raise the point of order that section 1538 of the conference report to accompany H.R. 4348 violates rule XXVIII as it is a matter not committed by either House. This is not a partisan issue. The Senator from…
Mr. President, I ask for a recorded vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there are no further points of order on rule XXVIII, the yeas and nays have been asked for on the motion to waive. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a…
Mr. President, I jumped the gun a little bit. This gives me a chance to explain it twice. Let me say there was a bipartisan agreement that was reached on this. I will not name names, but after it went over to the House, somebody dropped…
Mr. President, I rise here today to express my deep concern with this transportation conference report; in particular, about a provision that was slipped into the transportation conference report literally in the dark of night earlier this…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Indiana. Health Care Decision
Mr. President, I come to the floor today to speak about the Supreme Court ruling on health care. Obviously, we were all glued to the television set this morning and watched this historic and momentous decision. I was deeply disappointed…
Mr. President, I associate myself with those last two remarks. I would have also voted no. I wish we had had a recorded vote. I wasn't able to understand even what the majority leader was saying, it was spoken so softly, but had we had a…
Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the issue of national security leaks. A few weeks ago, the world learned that U.S. intelligence agencies and partners disrupted an al-Qaida plot to blow up a civilian aircraft. We are all very…
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