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Kelly Ayotte

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Kelly Ayotte is a former United States Senator from New Hampshire, serving from January 5, 2011, to January 3, 2017. A member of the Republican Party, she was the first woman to represent New Hampshire in the Senate. During her tenure, Ayotte focused on issues such as national security, fiscal responsibility, and education reform. She was known for her bipartisan approach and worked on various initiatives to strengthen the military and improve veterans' services.

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Jan 14, 2014

In my prior life I was an Attorney General, and as I look at this and all of you testifying today...

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Jan 13, 2014

I do not have a sense of how much that actually happens.

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Jan 13, 2014

One thing that I think--obviously what brought us to this position where the guidelines were issued, there were a number of Treasury IG reports that were appalling.

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Jan 13, 2014

How do we ensure that we have a permanent change in this culture of responsibility?

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Jan 13, 2014

Can you give me a sense of how much that is happening now?

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Jan 13, 2014

It seems to me that I see the value in a participant survey, but I think that we need to go beyond that.

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Jan 9, 2014

I thank my colleague from Indiana. As he said, I, as did my colleague from Indiana and my colleague from Ohio, moved to allow this bill to go forward for debate. I thought it was important that we have a debate on obviously the situation…

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Jan 9, 2014

I have an important amendment, and that amendment would fix the abuse within the Tax Code that has been identified by a Treasury IG report and subsequent investigations. My amendment would pay for this 3-month unemployment extension for…

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Jan 9, 2014

I have a further parliamentary inquiry. If a motion to table the Reid motion to commit with a further amendment is successful, would there still be Reid amendments pending that would prevent me from offering my amendment or any of my…

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Jan 9, 2014

I would say, first of all, I voted in good faith, one of six Republicans, to debate this bill to solve this problem. I cannot get a vote. If the Senator from California objects to this amendment, then why don't we vote on it? This is…

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Jan 9, 2014

let me just say I share in the comments of my colleague from Indiana and my colleague from Ohio. The three of us voted in good faith to debate this bill. I did so because I thought we should try to debate this issue; that both sides, if…

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Jan 7, 2014

I come to the floor to talk about an amendment I will seek to offer on the pending bill, amendment No. 2603. We all sympathize with those who are struggling to find work in a difficult economy, and I want to see people get back to work…

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