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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008--Continued -- (Senate - May 22, 2008)
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Mrs. MURRAY. Madam President, I yield 5 minutes to the Senator from Montana.
Mr. TESTER. Madam President, the Senate has a real opportunity today to do...
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Mr. GRAHAM. Madam President, I wish to be recognized for 6 minutes because we...
Mr. GRAHAM. Madam President, three quick points.
Mr. GRAHAM. I thank the Chair.
Mr. BURR. Madam President, I also would request to be notified at the end of 5...
Mr. BURR. To my colleagues: What we have today is a choice between something...
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Mr. BURR. I thank the Presiding Officer.
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I congratulate the Senator from North Carolina and...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I wonder if the Senator from Texas will yield for two...
Mr. CORNYN. I will be happy to yield.
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, I absolutely agree with the Senator from Texas that we...
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I am aware of the ad. I have to say to the...
Mr. KYL. Mr. President, if I may just say, the Senator from Texas, as you just...
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Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, the Senator from Arizona is exactly right. We need...
Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask for 1 minute.
Mr. CORNYN. Unless we act promptly, we are going to find out our troops are not...
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the following four...
Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, let me state the obvious. The administration's...
Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, the pending amendment includes several provisions...
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Mr. KOHL. Mr. President, Public Law 48 provides our Nation's response to hunger...
Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, I come to the floor today to voice my support as...
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Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I certainly add my support to the very passionate...
Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, I rise in strong support of that portion of the...
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Mrs. MURRAY. I yield 5 minutes to the Senator from Illinois.
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Washington for her...
Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I speak today to lend my support to S. 22, the Post...
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Mr. AKAKA. Mr. President, the junior Senator from Virginia and I have worked...
Mr. COBURN. Mr. President, Medicare and Medicaid cost the American taxpayers a...
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Mr. LAUTENBERG. Mr. President, I wish to speak in favor of the amendment to the...
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Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise today to address the impasse--the completely...
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Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, I have come to the floor to speak about Senator...
Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, we are in the sixth year of the war in Iraq, and the...
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Mr. FEINGOLD. Mr. President, I voted for the non-Iraq portion of the...
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Mr. JOHNSON. Mr. President, I wish to point out to my colleagues what we will...
Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I come to the floor today to object to the...
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Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, I rise today to talk about a very important...
Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, simply put, I cannot vote for another $165...
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Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I seek recognition today in support of the domestic...
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Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I rise to speak briefly about a number of...
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Mr. BIDEN. Mr. President, today we are voting on funding our troops on the...
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Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, we are here today--after more than 5 years, 4,000...
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Mr. REID. Mr. President, 64 years ago, President Franklin Roosevelt signed...
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, how much time remains on both sides?
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the remaining time on...
Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, we had understood that there was a Senator or two...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum...
Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senator from...
Mr. COCHRAN. I am happy to yield the distinguished Senator 4 minutes off the...
Mr. GREGG. I rise to speak about one specific element of the next four votes...
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Mrs. MURRAY. I ask unanimous consent that 5 minutes be allocated to the...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, last week the Senate Appropriations Committee met for...
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, on behalf of all of our colleagues, I thank the...
Mrs. MURRAY. I yield 5 minutes to the Senator from Illinois.
Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, at the end of the Second World War, this country...
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Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I yield the remaining time to the Senator from...
Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I commend the Senator from Illinois for his...
Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, we are prepared to yield back the remainder of the...
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr....
Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from...
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. REID. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 4816
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to concur in House amendment No. 1, with an...
Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I raise a point of order that chapter 3, section ...
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AMENDMENT NO. 4817
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to concur in House amendment No. 1, with an...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr....
Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from...
Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, I rise to discuss my vote against the previous...
AMENDMENT NO. 4818
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to concur in House amendment No. 1 with an...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mr. REID. I now ask for the yeas and nays.
Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. KENNEDY)...
Mr. KYL. The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from...


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