| Tribute To Adam Scott |
May 22, 2013 |
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Harry Reid, D-NV
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"Through his determination and will to win, Adam was able to come back from a heartbreaking loss at the 2012 Open Championship to win the 2013 Masters in truly stunning fashion. In a tie for the lead heading into the 72nd hole, Adam birdied with a 20-foot putt. At that point, I thought Adam had clinched the title, but another great golfer, Angel Cabrera, was able to force a playoff with his own birdie. It was not until the second hole of that playoff that Adam, through yet another birdie, was able to call himself the Master’s champion. This was his ninth PGA Tour win, but first major championship."
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| Improving Postsecondary Education Data For Students Act |
May 22, 2013 |
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Luke Messer, R-IN
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"Despite Federal efforts to improve data collection and transparency in the higher education system, families and students still struggle, and institutions of higher learning are spending more time and money than ever. During the 2012-2013 academic year, institutions spent an estimated 850,000 man-hours and almost $31 million to fill out required Federal surveys. Higher education leaders have highlighted several of these requirements as duplicative to State and local transparency efforts and may partially contribute to the increase in college costs."
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| Supporting Sanctions On Iran |
May 22, 2013 |
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John Cornyn, R-TX
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"Mr. President, back in October 2012, two Iran experts at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies wrote a sobering article about the Iranian nuclear program. They concluded that, despite years of international and unilateral sanctions, Iran’s economy had been allowed to remain healthy enough to leave a vanishingly short period of time for sanctions to do the work that might possibly head off military action."
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| Memorial Day |
May 22, 2013 |
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Thad Cochran, R-MS
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"SSG Ricardo Seija, 31, of Tampa, FL, who died July 9, 2012 SFC Coater B. DeBose, 55, of State Line, MS, died Aug. 19, "
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| Climate Change |
May 22, 2013 |
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Peter DeFazio, D-OR
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"Finally, research in the Northeast shows that the surface temperatures in the northeast Continental Shelf in 2012 were the highest recorded in 150 years of record-keeping. They found that over the last four decades many species of fish stocks have been moving north to escape the warming waters, but there are many species that cannot move or evolve that rapidly, which portends for more disasters."
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