May 7, 2010
Finally, Mr. President, we have Arthur Allen Elkins, who has been nominated to be the inspector general of the Environmental Protection Agency. Again, we are dealing with an environmental crisis down in the gulf coast area. Yet we can't…
Amy Klobuchar
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Amy Jean Klobuchar is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Minnesota since 2007. A member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, she has focused on issues such as healthcare, infrastructure, and technology during her tenure. Klobuchar has been recognized for her bipartisan efforts and has played a significant role in various legislative initiatives, including those aimed at improving access to healthcare and addressing climate change.
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May 7, 2010
Mr. President, another job here that is unfilled--one of the 107 relating to maritime issues, and again we are dealing with an incredibly sensitive and catastrophic issue with this oilspill in our oceans--the Administrator of the Maritime…
May 7, 2010
As a member of the Commerce Committee, again, I am very concerned that we still do not have a Deputy Administrator for the Federal Aviation Administration in place. As we know, there have been many recent incidents. We are trying to get…
May 7, 2010
Mr. President, the next one that is being held of these 107 nominations is Benjamin Tucker, to be Deputy Director for State, Local, and Tribal Affairs in the Office of National Drug Control Policy. As a former prosecutor--and I know you…
May 7, 2010
Next we go to Winslow Lorenzo Sargeant, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy in the Small Business Administration. Mr. President, 64 percent of the jobs in this country are created by small businesses. Wall Street has been making record…
May 7, 2010
Again, this is a perfect example. We look at what happened with the Buffalo flight going down. We look at what happened with the Toyota cars. We look at what is going on across this country as we are focusing on terrorism and what happened…
May 7, 2010
Mr. President, I thank you for the correction. I appreciate my colleague's statement about his general support--I assume he meant for getting rid of secret holds, and he can correct me if I am wrong--his general support for changing this…
May 7, 2010
For a minute, sure. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Oklahoma.
May 7, 2010
Very good. Again, marine mammals. We are dealing with animals that are almost certainly going to die because of this oilspill, and there are people on the other side of the aisle who have decided to block these nominations. Next, Warren…
May 6, 2010
I always was struck by that as a statistic that people do not always look at.
May 6, 2010
When President Obama took office from President Bush, we were in a major financial crisis.
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