| Our Unconscionable National Debt |
June 18, 2013 |
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Mike Coffman, R-CO
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"Today, it is $16,738,664,595,327.64. We’ve added $6,111,787,546,414.56 to our debt in 4.5 years. This is $6 trillion in debt our nation, our economy, and our children could have avoided with a balanced budget amendment."
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| Notices Of Hearings |
June 18, 2013 |
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Tom Harkin, D-IA
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"Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on Thursday, June 20, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled “Developing a Skilled Workforce for a Competitive Economy: Reauthorizing the Workforce Investment Act.”"
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| Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act |
June 18, 2013 |
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David Cicilline, D-RI
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"In the last six months, the House has failed to enact a single jobs bill into law. This is unconscionable—especially at a time that families across our country are still struggling just to make ends meet, and so many Americans are still out of work. And yet, here we stand, not discussing ways that Republicans and Democrats can work together to get our economy moving again, but instead we’re relitigating the culture wars and actually voting on a bill that would allow Washington politicians to make medical decisions that should be made between women and their doctors."
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| The Sequester And Natural Disasters |
June 18, 2013 |
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Jared Huffman, D-CA
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"But it’s not just severe weather disasters on our shores that threaten American communities. My congressional district has seen debris from the 2011 Japanese tsunami wash up on our shores, and our regional economy is inextricably linked to the health of our oceans, which are jeopardized by climate change."
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