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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.
Mike Gerson said in his column: Chuck led a movement of volunteers attempting to love some of their least lovable neighbors. This inversion of social priorities--putting the last first--is the best evidence of a faith that is more than a…
Mr. President, I think there is merit in the discussion about whether we vote now or vote later. The important thing is that we vote on this budget point of order. It is not as if the entire process of trying to fix the post office is…
Mr. President, right now there is an issue on the mind of every Hoosier and most Americans, if not every American, and that issue is the high price of gas. Over the past few months, gas prices have risen higher and higher each week…
First, with recent announcement about looking more toward the Western Pacific in terms of locating some facilities.
Mr. President, this past Friday marked the 2-year anniversary of when the president's health care law, the affordable care act, otherwise known as ObamaCare, was signed in to law. I wasn't in the Senate at the time; I was actually in the…
Mr. President, I sense I am approaching a deadline in time. I am wondering if I could, with the consent of my colleague, ask unanimous consent for 5 more minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Thank you, Mr. President. These medical device manufacturers are employing people at an average rate of about 41 percent greater than the average worker rate of pay in my State, so these are desired jobs. But, again, employers and…
If the Senator will yield on that, I don't want to interrupt the tribute to Senator Mikulski, and I know the Senator has some business he has arranged. I will give mine another time. You don't have to include me in the queue. I don't want…
But in talking about effectiveness, I am sure you are deluged with new ideas, new technology, and new equipment.
Madam Chairman, you have suggested we do a rolling coverage so we can keep the subcommittee going.
To your point, Senator Coats, you are right. Budgets are not growing. They are shrinking.
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