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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.
Mr. President, 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…
Mr. President, 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…
Mr. President, 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…
I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Merkley). The Senator from Alaska. croatia
Mr. President, 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…
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…
Madam President, 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.
Mr. President, 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…
That is news to me. I ask unanimous consent for an additional 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.
Mr. President, I will just try to see how I can wrap this up. I might ask, Mr. President, is there an order in place that I am not aware of? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The order is that the Senate is in morning business with 10 minutes to be…
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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