Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following Senators be permitted to speak prior to the scheduled vote: I for up to 15 minutes, Senator Murray for up to 5 minutes, Senator Thune for up to 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Climate Change
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I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second? The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.
Once this comes home to roost in people’s homes, in their family finances, in really harmful ways, that [will be] motivating in a way that we haven’t seen before around this issue.
The marginal utility of that money in the billionaire's or megamillionaire's life is near zero--near zero. So if you are actually looking at the human side of the financial equation, are we not taking extremely important dollars that make…
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