May 13, 2009: The Senate will convene at 9:30 a.m. and proceed to consider the nomination of David Hayes to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior. There will then be up to one hour for debate equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees. Upon the use or yielding back of time the Senate will proceed to vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the Hayes nomination. Depending on how much Leader time is used, the vote is expected to begin around 10:30 a.m.
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Tim, along with the South Dakota Congressional Delegation, meets with meet with nearly 120 World War II-era veterans from the greater Sioux Falls area at the United States Marine Corps Memorial in Washington as part of the Honor Flight Program.
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Tim meets with Spearfish students representing South Dakota at the national We the People competition in Washington.
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Tim meets with IHS Nominee Dr. Yvette Roubideaux, a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, in Washington .
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Tim meets with members of the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations to discuss health care in Washington .
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Tim meets with South Dakota members of the American Heart Association to discuss health care in Washington.
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Tim meets with South Dakota Rural Water representatives to discuss drinking water projects in Washington.
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Tim meets with Radiological Technologists Rhonda Engebretson of Platte, and Sharon Wartenbee and Allen Croat of Sioux Falls to discuss health care in Washington.
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Tim meets with representatives of the Southern Black Hills Water System project to discuss rural water issues.
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Tim meets with tribal leaders to discuss wind energy legislation he introduced in Ft. Pierre.
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Tim and Barb speak with USD student Kristen Koehler during their tour of USD's new Muenster University Center in Vermillion.
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Tim meets with Lake Norden leaders while he tours Lake Norden's largest employer, the DavisCo Cheese Factory.
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Tim meets with Peggy Kessler and Jana Carlson of Valley Springs to discuss cancer research in Washington.
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Tim meets with former teacher and coach Ken Beringer and his wife JoAnne as well as Jeff and Cindy Beringer of Vermillion in Washington.
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Tim meets with South Dakota members of the National Association of Community Healthcare Centers to receive their 2009 Community Health Defender Award in Washington.
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Tim meets with members of the South Dakota Telecommunications Association in Washington
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Tim meets with members of the South Dakota chapter of the National Association of Postmasters in Washington
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Tim attends Banking Committee hearing examining modernizing bank supervision and regulation in Washington
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Tim meets with Chief Master Sergeant Clifton Cole, Command Chief for the 28th Bomb Wing, and Colonel Scott Vander Hamm, Commander of the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base in Washington
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Tim meets with Ann Horton of Yankton, Shireen Ranschau of Sioux Falls, and Sherry Scudder of Sturgis to discuss housing issues in Washington
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Tim meets with South Dakota Firefighters Tyler McElhany of Watertown, Jon Button of Brandon, and Jeffrey Winters of Sioux Falls in Washington.
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Tim meets with South Dakota Air National Guard member Col. Brian Vognil of Sioux Falls in Washington
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Tim discusses education with South Dakota Parent Teacher Association President Bobbie Wirth
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Tim meets with President Rodney Bordeaux and members of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in Washington.
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Tim meets with Pierre natives Danette Cronin, Carol Schofield and granddaughter Charlotte Hull.
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Tim meets is honored by IAVA Government Affairs Director Todd Bowers for his leadership
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Tim speaks about the implementation of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act during today's Banking Committee hearing
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Tim speaks about the Tribal Law and Order Act during a press conference in Washington
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Tim meets with Joshua Garry of Webster and Sierra Goeden of McCook Lake during the National Youth Science Camp luncheon.
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Tim Listens Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke during a Banking Committee hearing
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testifies before the Senate Banking Committee
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Tim with Rep. Herseth Sandlin and Sen. John Thune at an event hightlighting ethanol and consumer choice
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Ron His Horse Is Thunder, Chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, testifies during an Indian Affairs Committee hearing
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Tim listens to testimony during an Energy Committee field hearing in Sioux Falls
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Tim listens to testimony during an Energy Committee field hearing in Sioux Falls
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Tim asks a question to members of the Federal Reserve, U.S. Treasury Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission during the Banking Committee hearing
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Tim and Rep. Herseth Sandlin listen to a presentation by Rapid City Mayor Alan Hanks
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Tim and Rep. Herseth Sandlin listen to a presentation by Rapid City Mayor Alan Hanks
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Tim questions the director BIA law enforcement on the progress of aLower Brule facility at an Indian Affairs Hearing
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Members of the South and North Dakota delegation watch as Woodrow Keeble is honored with the Medal of Honor
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Tim meets with a South Dakota member of the National Association of School Nurses' Board to discuss health care.
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Tim Meets with Tom Dean of Wessington Springs, who he nominated to the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC)
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Tim speaks with former Sens. Dole and Cleland and Army Sergeant Ryan Major following his 2007 Victory Award from NRH
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Tim with Scott Fitch of Sioux Falls, a member of the SD Air Traffic Controllers Association
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Tim Meets with Officials from Lewis & Clark Regional Water System in Sioux Falls
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Tim Meets with Officials from Lewis & Clark Regional Water System in Sioux Falls
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Tim Meets with Representatives from the School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City
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Tim Meets with Representatives from the School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City
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05/12/09
This morning, I met with the Thorson Family of Brandon to discuss research funding for Lou Gehrig’s Disease. I also had the chance to meet with Dr. Carol Johnston, who was awarded a 2009 National Wetlands Award for Science Research.
This afternoon, I chaired the Military Construction/VA Appropriations subcommittee hearing to examine proposed budget request for fiscal year 2010. As chairman, I will continue to see that our servicemembers receive all of the resources they need.
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