Jul 29, 2011
are we under a time agreement? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has 10 minutes.
Dan Coats
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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.
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Jul 29, 2011
for several months now, I have been on the floor speaking, urging both Republicans and Democrats to listen to Americans and take this unique opportunity we have before us to do what is right for our country's future. Mr. President, 2010…
Jul 22, 2011
I would like this Chamber to know that today marks the 88th birthday of one of the great Members of this Senate body, a true American hero, former majority leader Bob Dole. As I reflected on the extraordinary life he has led--I had the…
Jul 21, 2011
I come down here frustrated and hopeful. I want to see the glass half full even though we have been through a frustrating number of days and months dealing with our debt crisis, and here we are careening toward another crisis. Congress…
Jul 19, 2011
I congratulate Senator Kirk for bringing this legislation to the floor and getting it through committee in a way that is indicative of where we need to go. We were sent here not to increase spending. We were sent here to try to find a…
Jul 13, 2011
I am in somewhat of a unique position as a returning Senator after being out of Congress for 12 years. I never contemplated running for the Senate again or being back on this floor in any capacity except as a former Senator, but I had a…
Jul 13, 2011
I ask unanimous consent that Carlos Algara, an intern in the office of Senator Merkley, be granted privilege of the floor for the duration of the remainder of today's session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…
Jul 7, 2011
today Congressional leadership on both sides of the aisle is meeting with the President to try to break the current impasse on the debt talks. As the President said in a press conference earlier this week: ``Right now, we've got a unique…
Jul 6, 2011
I ask unanimous consent to speak to the Chamber for not to exceed 20 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.
Jul 6, 2011
I don't anticipate taking 20 minutes of time. I hope to be back on the Senate floor this afternoon talking about a related subject, but I do want to take the opportunity essentially to bring us back to the central problem we are facing in…
Jun 30, 2011
I have had the opportunity to listen to my colleagues from across the aisle and while my purpose is to address another subject, I do want to respond to what we have just heard from three Democratic Senators and a number of Republicans…
Jun 30, 2011
All right. Thank you, Mr. President. The second track for solutions are sanctions. We currently have the Sanctions Act in place. We want to impose an additional sanctions track. That is why I have sponsored and cosponsored this new act…
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