| Border Security, Economic Opportunity, And Immigration Modernization Act—Continued |
June 13, 2013 |
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Bernard Sanders, I-VT
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"Whether you are running an amusement park, a water park, a concessions stand, a golf club, a circus, a zoo, or anything else where people come to enjoy themselves, it’s a great idea not to miss the opportunities of the season and hire international seasonal workers to cover your growing staffing needs."
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| Agriculture Reform, Food, And Jobs Act Of 2013 |
June 6, 2013 |
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Lamar Alexander, R-TN
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"Mr. President, I would like to congratulate the Senator from North Carolina for his proposal. The two votes we are having today are like the opening act at the circus, and hopefully the main event will attract some Senators who are willing to conduct this in a grownup way. We do not really have a disagreement here; we have a serious issue. We have students graduating all over the country from high school at about this time, and about 70 percent of them will go to college next year. The taxpayers want to encourage that. We spend about $35 billion in Pell grants to help pay for that. Then three out of four of those students who go to college will go to public colleges and universities—like the Universities of Michigan or Mississippi or North Carolina or Tennessee—the taxpayer helps foot the bill for that. Then the taxpayer is going to loan $133 billion this year in student loans to students of all kinds."
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| Palm Bay Christmas Extravaganza |
December 7, 2012 |
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Bill Posey, R-FL
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"This year, over forty local businesses and organizations have made donations of food, gift certificates, equipment, cash and goodie bags. Toys for Tots donated hundreds of books for local children while police and firemen have volunteered their time. Even “Chagy the Clown”, a former Ringling Brothers & Barnum and Bailey Circus clown, will be in attendance."
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| No More Solyndras Act |
September 14, 2012 |
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John Dingell, D-MI
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"The Oversight and Investigations Committee has had no end of hearings on it and has thrown subpoenas around like popcorn at a circus, but they haven’t found anything. And the committee has brought forward this miserable, hopeless piece of legislation in the expectation that it’s going to do something, and that something is, of course, to try to help my Republicans with their election campaign."
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| International Aids Conference |
July 18, 2012 |
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Charles Rangel, D-NY
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"There is no question that after we get finished with the political circus that we are forced to go through because of the coming election that more and more Americans will understand the benefits they are receiving even now from this universal coverage, which so many people need, and the dramatic decrease in cost when people are able to get preventative care. Preventative care is one of the major parts of the President’s Affordable Care Act. What it means is that people can now go to doctors for regular checkups and can find out things in time to prevent them from becoming more serious."
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