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Kent Conrad is a former United States Senator from North Dakota, serving from 1993 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he was known for his work on fiscal policy and budget issues, particularly as the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. Throughout his tenure, Conrad advocated for responsible budgeting and was involved in discussions surrounding Social Security and healthcare reform. He played a significant role in shaping policies that impacted both North Dakota and the nation as a whole.
I thank the Senator. I thank him for the extraordinary work he has done on the Budget Committee. I thank him for the extraordinary work he has done as an individual Senator to propose bipartisan tax reform, bipartisan Medicare reform, and…
Madam President, just to respond to my friend, the ranking member of the committee--and I have a lot of respect for the ranking member. The truth is on the larger issue we are not all that far apart. The larger issue is, as a nation, we…
Madam President, we are waiting for a number of Senators who have sought time. They will be coming to the floor and we will hear from them momentarily. Let me say Senator Paul is sincere. One place I agree with him is that the country has…
I thank the Senator for his leadership and the extraordinary effort he has made to get us back on track. I thank him for supporting Simpson-Bowles and the group of six that is now the group of eight. Senator Durbin has spent hundreds of…
Madam President, Senator Menendez is here to be recognized for 10 minutes, and we can do that at this point. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from New Jersey.
Mr. President, this is the budget. This is what Senator Sessions has presented as being the President's budget. Do you see a difference? This is what Senator Sessions describes as the President's budget. This is the President's budget. I…
Mr. President, I wish to inform the Senator from New Jersey that Senator Alexander is scheduled to be here at 12:30 or thereabouts, so if the Senator could consume about that amount of time, we can make this all work.
Mr. President, this budget proposal has the most serious mistakes I have seen in 26 years of dealing with budgets in this Chamber. This budget starts with an $8 trillion mistake on the size of the deficit. I have put up the calculation…
Madam President, I wish to go back to the point my colleagues have made. It is fascinating to me. You did not hear them talk for one moment about the substance of their proposals--not a moment. Did you notice that? I wonder why that would…
We can do it. We have been doing this and I think it works out well. So I ask unanimous consent that Senator Grassley be recognized for 10 minutes, followed by Senator Cardin for 8, followed by Senator Crapo for 10 minutes. The PRESIDING…
We have Senator Reed slotted in between. I wonder if we could propose--I say to Senator Alexander, how much time would you like?
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