| Safe Communities, Safe Schools Act Of 2013—Motion To Proceed |
April 9, 2013 |
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Mitch McConnell, R-KY
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"From what we have heard so far, the prospects do not look all that great. We hear that, just like the Senate Democratic budget, it will never balance—ever. We hear it contains only about $600 billion or less in deficit savings over 10 years, which is roughly the level of the deficit in the first 6 months of this fiscal year. We hear it contains new spending proposals and does little to address the drivers of our debt. We hear it contains tax hike upon tax hike upon tax hike—and, in fact, all the deficit reduction I just mentioned would be derived from myriad tax increases rather than spending reductions."
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| Statements On Introduced Bills And Joint Resolutions |
March 13, 2013 |
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Lisa Murkowski, R-AK
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"According to the Department of Energy, conventional hydropower facilities have the capacity to generate an additional 75,000 megawatts of power—a staggering amount of clean, inexpensive power. Now, that doesn’t seem possible until you realize that only three percent of the country’s 80,000 existing dams are even electrified. Significant amounts of new capacity—anywhere between 20,000 and 60,000 megawatts—can be derived from simple efficiency improvements or capacity additions at existing facilities. Additional hydropower can be captured in existing man-made conduits and hydroelectric pumped storage projects can help reliably integrate other renewable resources that are intermittent, such as wind, onto our grid."
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| Crowdfunding |
July 26, 2012 |
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Jeff Merkley, D-OR
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"I believe that the overall structure of our bill offers CDFI’s powerful tools to support their job-creation work, while protecting ordinary investors from undue risk of fraud and loss. In addition, some in the CDFI community have suggested to us that because of the types of businesses CDFI’s work with, the types of low returns that might be derived, and the particular financing gaps that might be filled through crowdfunding, that mission-driven, CDFI-supported crowdfunding may yield better results for investors and positive job creation for communities if the rules reflect the particular work they do. Suggestions include ensuring crowdfunding can fill the financing gap for projects supported by federally-regulated, 501(c)3 CDFIs, a clarification to ensure that CDFIs and issuers can make sure investors understand the mission and charitable aspects of investments, and fast treatment from the SEC and FINRA related to registration and membership."
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| Disclose Act Of 2012—Motion To Proceed |
July 17, 2012 |
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Jeff Sessions, R-AL
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"So the Budget Control Act plainly dictates that beginning on October 1 of this year, spending limits would be derived from the Congressional Budget Office’s baseline. This is crucial because the CBO baseline contains the $2.1 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years—really, reductions in spending growth, and not so much cuts—that the deal was supposed to implement in exchange for the immediate $2.1 trillion raising of the debt ceiling."
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| Disapproval Of Epa Emission Standards Rule—Motion To Proceed |
June 20, 2012 |
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John Cornyn, R-TX
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"Now, of course, sometimes the debate, when we talk about pollution, when we talk about the byproducts of coal-fired powerplants, is cast in apocalyptic-like terms that have no real bearing on reality or in terms of the science and in terms of the economic impact of the rule or the health benefits supposedly to be derived. I want to talk about that just briefly."
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