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Rick Santorum is a former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, serving from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he was known for his conservative positions on social issues, including opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. During his tenure, Santorum was involved in various legislative efforts, including those related to healthcare and education reform. He gained national prominence during his 2012 presidential campaign, where he focused on issues such as economic growth and family values.
As the Senator from Illinois knows, this is the fourth Congress in which this legislation has been considered. It has gone through committee in previous Congresses. As I mentioned before, there are some changes to this legislation, but the…
This legislation has been around 7 years. This has been written about, described in detail in the national press, and I do not think we do the American public a great service by suggesting they cannot read and understand very clearly what…
I think you did. You reiterated your position you believe this is an extreme piece of legislation even though 70 percent of the American people support it.
So the Senator believes something that has 70 percent support among the American people is extreme. OK, I am interested in hearing that.
We have lots of wonderful neighborhoods. And like Minnesota, we have a lot of old, wonderful, ethnic neighborhoods. I think Mr. Rogers reflected that spirit in a lot of those communities-- the close-knit, caring spirit, looking after your…
I remember sitting there, and Fred Rogers was talking about how important it is to be a positive influence in one child's life. Now, we all talk about mentoring and the importance of mentoring. It is sort of a new and current thing to talk…
Isn't the difference the Senator from New York suggested about your comment about Judge Barkett and the situation with Miguel Estrada that Judge Barkett had an extensive record to analyze and you concluded by that record there was judicial…
Is there anything in Mr. Estrada's background that would give you the opinion he would be a judicial activist on the court?
Has the other side produced any evidence that, in the history of this nominee as a lawyer, he has produced any information or any information has been produced that shows that his principles or ideology are outside of the mainstream? Has…
Given that he is qualified on all of those grounds, one is left with the possibility that he may be objected to because of his ideological position. Has any comment been made or any evidence been produced by any Senator that his ideology…
Further, I guess the question I have is, other than Mr. Bender's comment, which came well after the fact and does not comport with his contemporaneous reports--other than that one particular statement--of all the qualifications that are…
I suggest it went further. We were accused, if we voted against any minority--they would single out any negative vote against any minority member--it was the equivalent of having some sort of antiracial agenda; that somehow we harbored ill…
I find that incongruous. I find, frankly, all of the arguments to be specious, at best. What is confounding is that such an extreme measure appears to be in the offing, which is a filibuster, on such a pathetically weak case against this…
That is correct, including, I believe, six other Solicitor Generals who have said it would threaten the viability of the Solicitor General's office if this information were discoverable through this nomination process.
It seems to me what Senator Kennedy put forward is what many in the press have put forward, which is really a change of expectations and putting up, I would argue, the straw man; that is, it is our obligation to show Saddam is not in…
The second amendment is highly controversial and would be an amendment that would surely sink any possibility of this legislation being passed.
My understanding is that third amendment is not a tax-related amendment and would be appropriate to be offered, for example, if you wanted to, on the homeland security bill or another piece of legislation that is coming through. So there…
One quick comment about being stalled. I suggest that in defense of my colleagues in the House--and I try to be a defender of them in the Senate--I suspect one of the reasons is that we don't have a budget. It is very hard to mark up…
Yes, the House does have a budget, but the Senate does not. The Senate's top line number is higher than the House's. That is why we go through the budget process, so that we can have agreement between the two bodies on the top line number…
It is a proud moment for me to speak on behalf of Joy Flowers Conti. I had the privilege of practicing with her as a lawyer in Pittsburgh. She is an outstanding litigator and outstanding person in the community, and I am very grateful that…
I congratulate Kit Conner from outside of Harrisburg, PA, for filling the vacancy in the Middle District. Judge Conner is one of six members from Pennsylvania who are on the Executive Calendar in the Senate. Including him, there are five…
That is important because another provision of the Canadian system is that the price may not increase more than the consumer price index. They fix prices even after they have set them in place. The prices of drugs are going up. The…
Not to mention all the hundreds or thousands of compounds that were even tried to be researched, and they ended up where they decided: No, we are not even producing a drug that could be sought for approval.
We are creating a loophole that allows any foreign country to go through Canada to import drugs into the United States. And the Canadian Government doesn't even inspect it and does not even open it. It can come right in here.
So it would come in here under the Dorgan amendment, reimportation, not being reviewed by the FDA before it came here? Only if we found out the terrorist attack was successful through this scheme would we then find out that we have a…
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