Congressional Record
111th Congress (2009-2010)
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Ms. LANDRIEU. Madam President, I wish to begin by thanking Leader Reid...
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Mr. HATCH. Madam President, I believe I was next.
Ms. LANDRIEU. I thought we had the first half hour and the Senator's side had...
Mr. HATCH. Madam President, I rise to express my frustration and disappointment...
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Mr. HATCH. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that I be given 1 more...
Mr. BAUCUS. I object unless--it is off his time. Fine. I do not object.
Mr. HATCH. Senator Evan Bayh said:
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Mr. BAUCUS. Madam President, I know other Senators have risen before me, so I...
Mrs. MURRAY. Madam President, on Tuesday, I came to the floor to voice my...
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Ms. LANDRIEU. Madam President, how much time is remaining on our side?
Ms. LANDRIEU. The Senator from Maryland has been on the floor for almost an...
Mr. CARDIN. Madam President, I thank Senator Landrieu for her...
Mr. CARDIN. I ask unanimous consent for 1 additional minute.
Mr. CARDIN. The credit provisions are critically important. We make permanent...
Ms. SNOWE. Madam President, all I can think of, in listening to the Senator...
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Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, what the American people want from us is for us to...
Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, I also work across the political aisle. I worked...
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Mrs. BOXER. The first amendment written by Landrieu-Snowe; the second,...
Supporters of the Small Business Lending Fund (SBLF)
Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, the Senator from Maine is right when she says we...
Ms. LANDRIEU. I understand the leadership has 5 minutes each, equally divided.
Ms. LANDRIEU. That is fine. Thank you. I would like the minority leader to go...
Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I had the opportunity to hear the...
Mr. REID. We have 5 minutes left; is that right?
Mr. REID. I yield 4 minutes to my friend from Louisiana.
Ms. LANDRIEU. Madam President, I would like to respond directly to the minority...
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Mr. Hatch came to the floor, the Senator from Utah, and said we...
Mr. REID. Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. REID. Madam President, let me bring all of the Senators up to date as to...
Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, reserving the right to object, let me...
Mr. REID. My frustration is pretty high. I cannot possibly understand how my...
Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, we turned to this bill initially on...
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Mr. REID. There is nothing to unsnarl. We have agreed to take out the offending...
Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, the majority leader is graciously...
Ms. LANDRIEU. Madam President, could I ask the minority leader a question,...
Mr. McCONNELL. Is that a question?
Ms. LANDRIEU. Yes.
Mr. McCONNELL. I will tell my friend from Louisiana that is the sort...
Ms. LANDRIEU. Madam President, let me press for a minute on this question,...
Mr. McCONNELL. Regular order.
CLOTURE MOTION
Cloture Motion
Mr. REID. Madam President, I enter a motion to reconsider the vote by which...
Mr. REID. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the cloture motion on...
Ms. LANDRIEU. Madam President, we have had a very enlightening debate this...
Mrs. BOXER. Madam President, will the Senator yield for one question?
Ms. LANDRIEU. I very much would like to yield to the Senator from California...
Mrs. BOXER. I am just asking a question through the Chair. This is the time of...
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Ms. LANDRIEU. I would like to answer the Senator from California by saying the...
Mrs. BOXER. Would the Senator yield?
Ms. LANDRIEU. I yield for a question.
Mrs. BOXER. Of course. I just have one more question for my friend.
Ms. LANDRIEU. Absolutely, the Senator is correct. I am glad I have this chart...
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Mr. DURBIN. Will the Senator yield for a question.
Ms. LANDRIEU. I will yield.
Mr. DURBIN. I see the Senator from Florida is here, but I wanted to ask a...
Ms. LANDRIEU. Yes.
Mr. DURBIN. The Senator from Louisiana argued that farmers are small...
Ms. LANDRIEU. That is exactly what it looks like. The Senator from Illinois has...
Mr. NELSON of Florida. Madam President, before the Senator from Louisiana...
Mr. NELSON of Florida. It is my hope we can pass this substitute amendment...
Mr. LeMIEUX. Madam President, it has been my privilege to work on the...
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Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. LeMIEUX. I am pleased to.
Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Through the Chair, if I can inquire of the junior Senator from...
Mr. LeMIEUX. That reminds me, my friend, if I may, reminds me of the...
JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS
Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Madam President, I rise on an important matter that...
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Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Judicial understaffing in Colorado and in the home State...
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Mr. BENNET. Madam President, I also rise today in support of Bill Martinez's...
HEALTHY, HUNGER-FREE KIDS ACT
Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Madam President, I rise today to address the need to move...
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Mr. KOHL. Madam President, I rise to today in support of Louis Butler's...
Mr. FEINGOLD. Madam President, I am pleased to support the efforts of my...
Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I rise to join Rhode Island's senior Senator...
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Mr. REED. Mr. President, I join my colleague from Rhode Island who, with...
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Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I join my colleagues who are expressing our...
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Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Colorado, Mr....
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Mr. KAUFMAN. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. KAUFMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. KAUFMAN. Mr. President, I rise to echo the comments of my colleagues and...
Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. President, I believe over the last hour and a half...
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UNANIMOUS-CONSENT REQUESTS--EXECUTIVE CALENDAR
Mr. SESSIONS. Reserving the right to object, and I will object, I wish to...
Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. President, it is disappointing that we can't get...
Mr. SESSIONS. I do object.
Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate...
Mr. SESSION. Objection.
Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. President, I will continue to ask my friend from...
Mr. SESSIONS. I object.
Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. President, I yield the floor.
Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I appreciate my colleague from Colorado raising...
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Mr. Butler from Wisconsin--I know he is controversial. Mr. Butler has twice run...
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Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. President, I listened intently to my friend from...
UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUESTS--EXECUTIVE CALENDAR
Mr. SESSIONS. Reserving the right to object, I do say to my colleague, perhaps...
Mr. Liu is probably the most controversial activist nominee before the Senate....
Mr. UDALL of Colorado. The concerns of the Senator from Alabama are his, and...
Mr. SESSIONS. I object.
Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. President, I look forward to working with the...
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, what is the business before the Senate?
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I may proceed as in...
TRIBUTE TO BEN WEINGROD
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I wish to make note of the fact that a young man who...
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FREE-TRADE AGREEMENTS
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EDUCATION REFORM
Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, the President of the United States made an...
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Mr. BEGICH. Mr. President, I come for a few minutes on the floor. I am down...
Mr. WYDEN. I thank my colleague. I especially appreciate his kind words about a...
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Mr. BEGICH. If I may interject.
Mr. WYDEN. Please.
Mr. BEGICH. That is actually right. One thing I thought, wow, $300 billion tax...
Mr. WYDEN. The other aspect of the Recovery Act, I think, that reaffirms this...
Mr. BEGICH. To the Senator from Oregon, I will close and say thank you very...
AVIATION SUBSIDIZATION
Mr. BROWNBACK. Mr. President, I appreciate the discussion I was hearing. I...
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CLEAN ENERGY JOBS
Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I rise today to discuss a very important provision in...
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Ms. LANDRIEU. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Ms. LANDRIEU. Madam President, I am going to speak for some time and try and...
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Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, would my colleague yield for a question?
Ms. LANDRIEU. I would be delighted to yield for a question.
Mr. SCHUMER. I would like to ask the chair of the Small Business Committee, who...
Ms. LANDRIEU. Yes, it is true.
Mr. SCHUMER. Is it not true that many of the amendments the other side wanted...
Ms. LANDRIEU. That is true.
Mr. SCHUMER. They were not an attempt to improve, modify or help small business...
Ms. LANDRIEU. That is true.
Mr. SCHUMER. Isn't it true that yesterday or a day or so ago, when we did the...
Ms. LANDRIEU. That is a fair characterization.
Mr. SCHUMER. Is it not true as well that as chair of the committee, you have...
Ms. LANDRIEU. That is absolutely true.
Mr. SCHUMER. So it wouldn't seem, to me at least--and I am wondering about your...
Ms. LANDRIEU. For whatever reason, I don't know why. I think maybe they think...
Mr. SCHUMER. I thank my colleague.
Ms. LANDRIEU. I see the Senator from Michigan, and I yield to him.
Mr. LEVIN. I wonder, through the Chair, if I could inquire of the chairman of...
Ms. LANDRIEU. That seems to be where we are. That is why I said I feel like I...
Mr. LEVIN. I would hope the organizations which purport to support small...
Ms. LANDRIEU. You are absolutely correct.
Mr. LEVIN. This bill has provisions for credit to flow. The community bankers,...
Ms. LANDRIEU. Absolutely.
Mr. LEVIN. I would just hope that between now and the time the majority leader...
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Ms. LANDRIEU. Well, through the Chair, I thank the Senator from Michigan...
Mr. REID. Madam President, I move to instruct the Sergeant at Arms to request...
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Washington (Mrs. Murray)...
Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Texas...
Mr. REID. We have before us the small business bill we have worked on so hard....
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Mr. McCONNELL. Madam President, reserving the right to object, I think...
Mr. REID. Reserving the right to object to my friend's proposal, I have to...
Mr. McCONNELL. I object.
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