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Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I thank the leaders for the action they have taken...
Mr. GREGG addressed the Chair.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I will withhold. Senator Gregg is seeking...
SENATOR CONRAD 'S 60TH BIRTHDAY
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I rise this morning to say this is a big, big, big...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I thank the ranking member for his continuing...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that after Senator...
Mr. CONRAD. Fair enough.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I say to the Senator, if you can give us a heads up...
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I thank the managers of the bill and all...
AMENDMENT NO. 4173
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Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, this is an amendment I am offering on behalf of...
Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, the Senator from New Mexico, Mr....
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Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I welcome the fact that at the real start of this...
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Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum...
AMENDMENT NO. 4189
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the present amendment be...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, Senator Specter will talk about this...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I think the amendment the ranking member has set up...
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Mr. GREGG. I did.
AMENDMENT NO. 4190
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I send the Conrad amendment to the desk.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I think it might be useful here that we enter into a...
Mr. GREGG. I don't see why we cannot put the Kyl amendment in there also.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that there be a half hour...
Mr. CONRAD. Then we will go to the Kyl amendment, and there would also be a...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, just to clarify this, other Members may come in and...
Mr. CONRAD. Our understanding is the same. Look, we are going to have to be...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, the understanding is that these are the amendments...
Mr. CONRAD. Correct. Our amendments are side-by-sides. Our amendments would...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, the regular order would not be that they would be--we...
Mr. CONRAD. Maybe we should have a discussion and make sure we are on the same...
Mr. GREGG. I believe so. We don't know when he will be available. I would like...
Mr. CONRAD. All right. That is an amendment that involves Social Security,...
Mr. GREGG. Correct.
Mr. CONRAD. There would be a side-by-side on our side. Would we want to limit...
Mr. GREGG. I have not spoken to Senator Bunning yet, so we will...
Mr. CONRAD. All right. That will be the order. The colleagues who want to offer...
AMENDMENT NO. 4191
Mr. KYL. I have an amendment I would like to send to the desk and ask that it...
Mr. KYL. I ask unanimous consent that further reading of the amendment be...
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Mr. KYL. Mr. President, this amendment is a reprise of what we did last year in...
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Mr. CONRAD. Will the Senator yield on that point?
Mr. KYL. I will. I will conclude saying, I hope my colleagues will in a...
Mr. CONRAD. If I can address one of the concerns of the Senator, when we...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I appreciate that. In suggesting another reason for...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I would just say to my colleague, last year we did...
Mr. KYL. Than this year.
Mr. CONRAD. You remember last year we did more votes earlier. Just in line with...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, if I might, just on the underlying amendment offered...
Mr. GREGG. Would the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. CONRAD. I would be happy to yield.
Mr. GREGG. Is it my understanding you are telling us how many people are ...
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Mr. CONRAD. No, this is this Tax Policy Center, I say to my colleague, and they...
Mr. GREGG. If the Senator would yield further, I wanted to clarify where the...
Mr. CONRAD. I know the Senator is pulling my chain. Even as slow witted as I...
Mr. KYL. I ask the chairman to yield for a question. The additional $45...
Mr. CONRAD. I do not know. This is not my amendment. This is an amendment...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, if I might further, I had understood an amendment such...
Mr. CONRAD. Maybe I can conclude this part and go back to the Senator from...
Mr. DURBIN. If the Senator would yield. I wish to ask the Senator a question. I...
AMENDMENT NO. 4196
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I send this amendment to the desk. I have styled it...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mr. CONRAD. I ask that Senator Baucus be permitted, when he is able,...
Mr. DURBIN. If the Senator from North Dakota would further yield, I was...
Mr. CONRAD. Yes, that is true, under the exemption rates for next year. Under...
Mr. DURBIN. I tried to do a quick calculation on the .2 percent. I think I have...
Mr. CONRAD. That is the correct math.
Mr. DURBIN. It is my understanding the proposal by the Senator from Arizona is...
Mr. CONRAD. My understanding is--and the Senator might correct me--that under...
Mr. DURBIN. So the Senator from North Dakota, as chairman of the Budget...
Mr. CONRAD. Well, first, in terms of the gross debt of the United States, under...
Mr. DURBIN. Let me, through the Chair, ask the Senator from North Dakota a...
Mr. CONRAD. Well, if his amendment costs another $458 billion, it is not...
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Mr. DURBIN. I wish to ask the Senator, who is going to pay this debt?
Mr. CONRAD. Well, that is the unfortunate part of, as I see it, the amendment...
Mr. KYL. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. DURBIN. I will yield when I am done.
Mr. KYL. I think it would be fair to let me
Mr. DURBIN. I think the Senator from North Dakota has the floor. I am sure he...
Mr. CONRAD. I think that is clearly correct.
Mr. DURBIN. So for those who are so-called fiscal conservatives, we are going...
Mr. CONRAD. Yes, I think that is undeniably the case. The problem this country...
Mr. DURBIN. If I can ask one more question--I know the Senator from Arizona...
Mr. CONRAD. No, this is all put on the tab. This is all borrowed money.
Mr. DURBIN. I thank the Senator.
Mr. GREGG. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. CONRAD. I still have the floor. The Senator from Arizona was seeking to ask...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I would be happy to have the ranking member of the...
Mr. CONRAD. I am happy to yield to the Senator from New Hampshire if the...
Mr. GREGG. I wish to note the Senator from Illinois described these people as...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I appreciate the fact that the chairman of the Budget...
Mr. GREGG. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. KYL. Yes.
Mr. GREGG. As I understand your proposal, which, if I recall correctly, got 56...
Mr. KYL. That is correct, on the motion to instruct conferees, 56 Democrats and...
Mr. GREGG. I wish to ask the Senator further, through the Chair: As I...
Mr. KYL. That is correct. The rate would be reduced from 55 percent, if we...
Mr. GREGG. So we aren't talking about the wealthiest Americans. We are talking...
Mr. KYL. The answer is yes. If I could expand on that with a true story, some...
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Mr. GREGG. If I may ask a further question, I think the Senator's anecdotal...
Mr. KYL. If I may respond, as an expert in the Tax Code, the Senator from New...
Mr. GREGG. It is called casualty loss.
Mr. KYL. This is the third. Of the three areas that apply here of noneconomic...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, if I may conclude, I am answering a question of the...
Mr. GREGG. I ask unanimous consent that the Senator be allowed to continue and...
Mr. KYL. My train of thought with regard to the answer to the question was...
Mr. GREGG. The Senator was pointing out that there are three elements of...
Mr. KYL. As a matter of tax policy, I will answer my colleague, we can differ...
Mr. GREGG. As a final question--I think it needs to be emphasized--is it not...
Mr. KYL. It is actually not quite that. It is $5 million. The way this is...
Mr. CONRAD. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. KYL. Of course.
Mr. CONRAD. I would like to try to harmonize the numbers because I don't want...
Mr. KYL. I believe that is exactly the case. By the year 2015, it would be...
Mr. CONRAD. But that is assuming we have a million-dollar-per-person exemption....
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I would say to the chairman he is correct. I cannot...
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Mr. CONRAD. That is absolutely fair. I didn't want to leave some impression...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, if I might respond with one final point, when you got...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I say to the Senator, may I be recognized for a...
Mr. CONRAD. That should be in the name of Senator Salazar. He is the...
Mr. GREGG. Well, Mr. President, Senator Conrad, I think, was going to...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, why don't we do this out of courtesy to Senator...
Mr. DeMINT. About 20 minutes or so.
Mr. CONRAD. Could we reach an agreement on up to 25 minutes?
Mr. DeMINT. Exactly.
Mr. CONRAD. Because Senator Bunning was put on notice earlier he could...
Mr. GREGG. I see Senator Specter who also has an amendment. Maybe he...
Mr. CONRAD. Maybe we could get him in the train as well so he would know when...
Mr. SPECTER. Fine.
Mr. CONRAD. How much time would the Senator from Kentucky require?
Mr. BUNNING. No more than 15 minutes.
Mr. CONRAD. Well, shall we enter into an agreement: up to 25 minutes for...
Mr. SPECTER. Fifteen minutes.
Mr. CONRAD. Up to 15 minutes there. That would take us another hour down the...
Mr. GREGG. Senator Bunning is going to be offering an amendment, so we...
Mr. CONRAD. OK.
Mr. DeMINT. Thank you, Mr. President. I wish to make sure my time is...
Mr. DeMINT. Thank you, Mr. President.
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Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, will the Senator yield for a unanimous consent...
Mr. BUNNING. I will yield.
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that following the Senator...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask that the unanimous consent request be modified...
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Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask that the request be so modified. I do want to...
AMENDMENT NO. 4192
Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment...
Mr. BUNNING. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be...
Mr. BUNNING. Mr. President, I spoke about this yesterday, and I have brought it...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I thank the Senator for his courtesy and for his...
Mr. MARTINEZ. About 10 or 15 minutes.
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, we will give him up to 15 minutes off the...
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HONORING DR. OSCAR ELIAS BISCET
Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. President, I thank the chairman of the Budget Committee. I...
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Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. President, in a recent column discussing the disaster that...
Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I rise with my colleague and friend, Senator...
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Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I thank my distinguished colleague from North...
Mr. DORGAN. If the Senator will yield, let me ask unanimous consent that I be...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, might I thank both Senators for their courtesy and...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I have sought recognition to offer two amendments,...
The Lack of Funding Will Result in Lost Opportunities
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Floor Speech--Senator Arlen Specter
NIH/LIHEAP/Mentoring Amendment to the Budget Resolution
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
MENTORING
OFFSET
CONCLUSION
Statement of Senator Arlen Specter
AMT
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Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I again thank my distinguished colleague from North...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Pennsylvania.
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I will want to visit with Senator Conrad...
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Mr. CONRAD. We can do that perhaps momentarily. We have worked out what we...
AMENDMENT NO. 4204
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mr. CONRAD. Next, Senator Gregg will have an opportunity to send up...
AMENDMENT NO. 4203
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask that the amendment for Senator Specter...
Mr. GREGG. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be...
Mr. GREGG. I ask unanimous consent that after Senator Dorgan sends his...
Mr. CONRAD. With one alteration, if I could, that we would--if you recall, we...
Mr. GREGG. Then the next amendment would be Senator Alexander.
Mr. CONRAD. After I give brief remarks on the side by side I have sent up....
AMENDMENT NO. 4198
Mr. DORGAN. I have an amendment I have filed. It is amendment No. 4198. It is...
Mr. DORGAN. I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be...
Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I have described my amendment at some length. I...
Mr. CONRAD. By the sequence we have gone through, we have gotten you in the...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, as I understand it, the sequence would be, of the...
Mr. CONRAD. That is precisely correct. I thank my colleague. I will take a few...
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Mr. ALEXANDER. I would be happy to proceed. Senator Domenici is going...
Mr. CONRAD. I thank the Senator and indicate that the intention would be, after...
Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, there is no other Senator whom I know wishes to...
Mr. CONRAD. I wish to indicate that after you have presented, the intention was...
Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, if the Senator will yield, I was going to speak in...
Mr. CONRAD. Very well. I offered it in the Senator's name. It is very...
Mr. ALEXANDER. I will consume not more than 20 minutes. I would assume Senator...
Mr. CONRAD. Could we then have an agreement that those two Senators have up to...
Mr. SALAZAR. Fifteen minutes.
Mr. CONRAD. Yes, so that the Senator from Colorado be recognized for 15 minutes...
Mr. CONRAD. Let me add to that, after Senator Kennedy, then Senator...
AMENDMENT NO. 4207
Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from North Dakota for his...
Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. CONRAD. Might I ask the Senator to withhold for 1 moment for a unanimous...
Mr. ALEXANDER. I will be happy to.
AMENDMENT NO. 4196, AS MODIFIED
Mr. CONRAD. I appreciate the Senator's courtesy.
Mr. CONRAD. That is correct. He is asking unanimous consent to modify the...
Mr. CONRAD. I thank my colleagues. I again thank Senator Alexander for...
Mr. ALEXANDER. Mr. President, we are talking this week about the Federal...
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Mr. DOMENICI. Mr. President, I thank the Senator.
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AMENDMENT NO. 4196, AS MODIFIED
Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak on amendment No....
Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, my amendment is a very simple amendment. It deals...
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Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, is Senator Kyl seeking recognition?
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I thought I would like to respond to Senator...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, let me speak for just a few minutes in response to my...
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Mr. SALAZAR. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. KYL. Yes.
Mr. SALAZAR. The Senator from Arizona is correct that this is a problem we have...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I am happy to respond to my colleague. The debate now...
Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I respect the Senator from Arizona and his raising...
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AMENDMENT NO. 4151
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending...
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, the amendment I am offering is intended to give...
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Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I thank Chairman Kennedy especially for his...
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I thank the Senator, and if he will yield for a...
Mr. CONRAD. I thank the Senator very much.
Mrs. LINCOLN. No more than 10 minutes, or less.
Mr. CONRAD. We will provide up to 15 minutes off the resolution, and whatever...
Mrs. LINCOLN. Absolutely.
Mr. CONRAD. I thank the Senator very much. I thank her for all she has done to...
Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, I, too, wish to thank the Budget Committee...
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Mrs. LINCOLN. I would also note that we had 25 Senators who joined us in a...
Mr. CONRAD. I ask for a recess subject to the call of the Chair.
RECESS SUBJECT TO THE CALL OF THE CHAIR
Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, there are many passionate pleas we hear across our...
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Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, under the agreed upon order, Senator Sununu...
Mr. GREGG. Then we will call up Senator Lincoln's amendment?
Mr. CONRAD. Yes, we will call up Senator Lincoln's amendment. So we...
Mr. GREGG. Then we are supposed to go to Senator Alexander.
Mr. CONRAD. We will then go to Senator Sanders for 15 minutes?
Mr. SANDERS. Twenty.
Mr. CONRAD. Then we will come back to Senator Alexander and then we...
Mr. GREGG. If the Senator will yield, then we will be out of order.
Mr. CONRAD. We will not let people send up their amendments. We will make sure...
Mr. GREGG. Senator SUNUNU tells me he only needs 5 to 10 minutes.
AMENDMENT NO. 4221
Mr. SUNUNU. Mr. President, I certainly wish to thank the Chairman of the Budget...
Mr. SUNUNU. In calling up this amendment, I wish to make sure this budget...
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AMENDMENT NO. 4194
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, before my colleague speaks, I send an amendment to...
Mr. SANDERS. My understanding, I ask Senator Murray, is that my...
Mrs. MURRAY. The Senator is correct. We will be offering his amendment later.
Mr. SANDERS. I thank the Senator very much.
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Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, the game plan, as the Presiding Officer laid out, is...
Mr. SANDERS. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. GREGG. I will yield after I finish making my comment.
Mr. SANDERS. I don't know if it is a New England characteristic that I share,...
Mr. GREGG. My answer to the Senator from Vermont is, we get two things from...
Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, I wonder if I might ask the Senator from New...
Mr. GREGG. Madam President, if the Senator has time, I will be happy to try to...
Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, I have some vague memory in my mind that in the...
Mr. GREGG. Madam President, if the Senator will yield, it is the Senator's...
Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, the great danger with these conversations about...
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AMENDMENT NO. 4222
Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Mr. ALEXANDER. Madam President, this is not the first time I have offered this...
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Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, the order is that we will go to Senator...
Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Four or 5 minutes.
Mr. CONRAD. I yield up to 5 minutes off the resolution, and if the Senator...
AMENDMENT NO. 4212
Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Madam President, I am here to speak about amendment No....
Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Let me thank as well the current cosponsors of the...
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Mr. GREGG. Madam President, if I could ask a question of the Senator from...
Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. That is correct.
Mr. GREGG. This is not offset in any way, so it would just be added to the...
Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. This is part of the allocating, part of the stimulus...
Mr. GREGG. So if I could ask the Senator another question, the Senator from...
Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. The $3.5 billion.
Mr. GREGG. But there was $35 billion put in the mark that was available for...
Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. Not on top. We are reallocating, of that $35 billion,...
Mr. GREGG. And if I could ask further, where is the Senator taking the money...
Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. It wouldn't be taking money from, it would be...
Mr. GREGG. So this is not a 920--this is not offset with a cut in the 920?
Mr. NELSON of Nebraska. It moved from function 820 over to 400.
Mr. GREGG. I am not sure I understand how this is paid for, to be honest. Maybe...
Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, the Senator from Nebraska is exactly right. What...
Mr. GREGG. Madam President, if I could reclaim my time, I think the explanation...
Mr. CONRAD. That is true.
Mr. GREGG. Thank you. I think Senator Sessions is ready to proceed.
AMENDMENT NO. 4231
Mr. SESSIONS. Madam President, I send an amendment to the desk.
Mr. SESSIONS. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
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Mr. SESSIONS. Madam President, we are dealing with an important issue; that is,...
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Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I thank the Senator from Alabama publicly for the...
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Mr. SESSIONS. Madam President, I thank the chairman. Senator Gregg and...
Mr. GREGG. I think the key to what the Senator from Alabama said is that we...
Mr. CONRAD. You know, at about this stage, you might be careful what you ask for.
AMENDMENT NO. 4181
Mr. PRYOR. Madam President, I rise today to talk about amendment No. 4181...
Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
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Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I yield 5 minutes off the resolution to the Senator.
Mrs. McCASKILL. Madam President, I will speak for a few minutes about...
Mr. CONRAD. I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be...
Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I thank the Senator from Missouri for her remarks.
Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, I should not take more than 10 minutes, perhaps as...
Mr. CONRAD. I thank the Senator, who is always a gentleman.
Mr. REED. I would offer an amendment. I need 5 minutes.
Mr. CONRAD. We will have to ask the Senator to speak on the amendment but to...
Mr. GREGG. We wish to see the amendment.
Mr. CONRAD. If you could share the amendment with the Republican side so they...
AMENDMENT NO. 4242
Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, I have an amendment that will create a 60-vote...
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Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I would ask the Parliamentarian, through the...
Mr. CORNYN. The amendment has not been called up. I would be happy to do so,...
Mr. CONRAD. Actually, I would ask the Senator--we are in this situation in...
Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, I am happy to wait for my turn in line.
Mr. CONRAD. The Senator is next. The amendment can be sent to the desk.
Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, I certainly do not want to cut in line ahead of my...
Mr. CONRAD. It is OK. You would not be going out of line. We have cleared the...
AMENDMENT NO. 4242
Mr. CORNYN. I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its immediate...
Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mr. CONRAD. While we are giving a chance for the Parliamentarian to review this...
Mr. REED. About 5 minutes.
Mr. CONRAD. I yield up to 10 minutes to the Senator from Rhode Island off the...
Mr. GREGG. I am not sure the Senator from Texas heard that discussion.
Mr. CORNYN. I thought I had the floor, Madam President.
Mr. GREGG. If I could interject, what has happened is the Parliamentarian...
Mr. CORNYN. I have no objection.
Mr. CONRAD. I thank the Senator from Texas for his courtesy. We are trying to...
Mr. REED. I thank Senators Conrad and Gregg for graciously...
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Mr. REED. In conclusion, this budget resolution and the amendment I have...
AMENDMENT NO. 4181
Mr. CONRAD. I send the Pryor amendment to the desk to be in order after the...
Mr. CONRAD. I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed...
Mr. CONRAD. Maybe we should thank the desk crew for working under very...
AMENDMENT NO. 4242
Mr. GREGG. I was wondering if we could set the order here before we go back to...
Mr. CONRAD. I think we could.
Mr. GREGG. If the order is now, the Cornyn amendment is the regular order, that...
Mr. CONRAD. Yes, we may have a side-by-side for the Allard amendment. We have...
Mr. GREGG. And then after this discussion, we would turn to Senator...
Mr. CONRAD. After I ask the Parliamentarian a number of questions with respect...
Mr. CONRAD. I ask further if this amendment was accepted on the floor, if that...
Mr. CONRAD. I ask further if the Cornyn amendment came back from conference...
Mr. CONRAD. Therefore, I have no choice but to raise a point of order on...
Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, I understand the concerns of the Senator. It will...
Mr. CONRAD. I thank the Senator. Now we have time for Mr. Biden, the...
Mr. GREGG. Madam President, I ask if the chairman would be agreeable to...
Mr. CONRAD. One understanding we might have, if that amendment consumes less...
Mr. GREGG. Absolutely.
Mr. CONRAD. All right. I have no objection.
AMENDMENT NO. 4164
Mr. BIDEN. Madam President, I thank the chairman of the Budget Committee. It is...
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Mr. BIDEN. Madam President, working under tight constraints, the committee...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that further proceedings...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I want to enter a plea to my colleagues: We need an...
Mr. ALLARD. What is the regular order?
Mr. ALLARD. What is the regular order?
AMENDMENT NO. 4246
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending...
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I simply ask--we have an order to go through. We will...
Mr. ALLARD. I thank the Senator from New Hampshire, and I will respect those...
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, one of my goals for this debate is to fight what I...
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Mr. BURR. Mr. President, I thank my colleague for his amendment. I want to make...
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Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from North Carolina for his...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, how is the time being charged now?
Mr. GREGG. Then I ask that the time I am on the floor and the time going...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, if I might have the floor, there are a number of...
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Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. GREGG. I am happy to yield to the Senator from Illinois for a question....
Mr. DURBIN. Lucky 7,000.
Mr. GREGG. Well, I know the Senator from Illinois doesn't like the H-1B visa...
Mr. DURBIN. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. GREGG. I will in a second--and saying to the best and the brightest in the...
Mr. DURBIN. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. GREGG. Yes.
Mr. DURBIN. The Senator inadvertently misstated my position. I know it was an...
Mr. GREGG. Well, I would say to the Senator from Illinois that when you bring a...
Mr. DURBIN. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. GREGG. I will in a second. What my amendment does, to make it clear, is it...
Mr. DURBIN. Will the Senator yield?
Mr. GREGG. Certainly. Of course.
Mr. DURBIN. Does the Senator feel the option of job vacancies that may be...
Mr. GREGG. I happen to believe the H-1B program is one of those programs that...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, if I can ask my friend to withhold for a minute.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have had a conversation with Senator...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I would ask the leader, for the purposes of...
Mr. REID. I would say to my friend, if the managers of the bill agree to that,...
Mr. GREGG. I take it the Senator from North Dakota is suggesting we will...
Mr. CONRAD. I think that would be the best way to proceed, don't you, to...
Mr. GREGG. I agree. I wished to make certain.
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that be the order.
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I understand that Senator Dodd is going to...
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Mr. CONRAD. I would not object, but if Senator Ensign can give an...
Mr. ENSIGN. About 20 minutes.
Mr. CONRAD. That might be helpful to our colleagues who might be listening, in...
Mr. CONRAD. That is correct.
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I wish to talk about a couple amendments I will be...
Mr. GREGG. If the Senator will yield.
Mr. GREGG. I think you can file one, but it can't be called up.
Mr. DODD. I understand that. That is the point.
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, let me discuss these two amendments, and I will...
Support for Dodd Amendment on Maternal and Child Health Block Grant
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, among the associations and organizations that are...
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Mr. CONRAD. Would the Senator from Nevada wait to proceed for one moment for a...
Mr. ENSIGN. I would.
Mr. CONRAD. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that this appear before...
Mr. CONRAD. I have talked with Senator Gregg about this matter. The...
Mr. CONRAD. I thank the gentleman for his courtesy.
Mr. CHAMBLISS. No more than 10 minutes, probably less.
Mr. CONRAD. The Senator from Tennessee?
Mr. CORKER. Six or seven.
Mr. GREGG. Senator Grassley is here.
Mr. GRASSLEY. May I speak at 8:05?
Mr. CONRAD. Yes. For how long at 8:05?
Mr. GRASSLEY. Six minutes.
Mr. CONRAD. Would you be again praising the resolution and the chairman of the...
Mr. GRASSLEY. I know you will not believe it, but I will not have anything...
Mr. CONRAD. It is my birthday. I wonder if we can agree, after the Senator from...
Mr. CORKER. Six will work for me.
Mr. GREGG. And that Senator Grassley be recognized at 8:05.
Mr. CONRAD. After Senator Corker, then Senator Menendez have...
AMENDMENT NO. 4240
Mr. ENSIGN. I wish to speak on two amendments I will be offering to the budget....
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Mr. GREGG. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that after Senator...
AMENDMENT NO. 4230
Mr. CHAMBLISS. Madam President, I rise to discuss and support amendment No....
Mr. AKAKA. Madam President, I am pleased to discuss funding for VA in the...
Page: S1975
Mr. GREGG. Madam President, I know Senator Corker is next. I ask...
Mr. CORKER. Madam President, it sounds like it is going to be a long night. I...
Page: S1976
AMENDMENT NO. 4259
Mr. MENENDEZ. Madam President, pursuant to a previous unanimous consent...
Mr. MENENDEZ. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Mr. MENENDEZ. Madam President, I rise today to offer an amendment, an...
Page: S1977
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Mr. ENZI. Madam President, I am here today to explain the three amendments I...
Page: S1979
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, the next speaker in order is in the chair. When...
Page: S1980
AMENDMENT NO. 4238
Mr. VOINOVICH. Mr. President, I have an amendment at the desk, amendment 4238,...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I appreciate the fact that the Presiding Officer has...
AMENDMENT NO. 4209
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, this is the only time I am happy that a Democratic...
Page: S1981
Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, the University of Maine is doing exciting work in...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that at the close of business...
Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I compliment my distinguished colleague from Maine....
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AMENDMENT NO. 4268
Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I rise to speak to amendment No. 4268. This amendment...
METH HOT SPOTS BUDGET AMENDMENT
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AMENDMENT NO. 4171
Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I am going to speak to two amendments that I have at...
AMENDMENT NO. 4172
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, as we all know, the Federal budget is a statement...
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Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I am opposed to the amendment offered by the...
Page: S1989
AMENDMENT NO. 4233
Mr. ALLARD. Mr. President, I come to the floor today to discuss my amendment to...
AMENDMENTS NOS. 4234 AND 4235
Page: S1990
AMENDMENT NO. 4232
AMENDMENT NO. 4247
AMENDMENT NO. 4194
Ms. SNOWE. Mr. President, I rise today in strong support of an amendment that...
Page: S1991
Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, this amendment to S. Con. Res. 70 requests the Senate...
Mr. LIEBERMAN. Mr. President, I rise to commend the Budget Committee for its...
Page: S1992
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