| Agriculture Reform, Food, And Jobs Act Of 2013—Continued |
May 21, 2013 |
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David Vitter, R-LA
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"This has led one of my colleagues, Claire McCaskill, Democrat of Missouri, to say the program is rife for fraud, with a “history of extreme waste and abuse.” That is what my objections are all about—rampant waste and abuse and a general entitlement mentality that I think has gone too far."
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| Additional Statements |
May 13, 2013 |
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Roy Blunt, R-MO
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"In 1978, at the age of 58, he completed his college degree at Columbia College in Kansas City, over 30 years after his initial enrollment at the University of Illinois. Though interrupted by World War II, attaining a college degree had been a lifelong goal. I am honored to have the opportunity to congratulate Colonel McGee for this great achievement and am proud that he chose to complete his studies and continue his impressive career in the great State of Missouri."
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| Second Amendment Rights |
April 25, 2013 |
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Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-MO
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"I will give you an example. In my State just recently—in fact, we’re barely finished working on this—it has come to our attention that the Department of Revenue and Highway Patrol, in working in conjunction with the Social Security Administration’s Inspector General, was looking into getting control of the conceal-carry permit list of all the folks in the State of Missouri to compare it for mental health disability fraud in our State. While we were satisfied in going through all the different informational checks and crosschecks with regard to the Federal side of this—that they did everything legally they were supposed to do as well as the information was protected and not compromised—it still pointed out some of the looseness and sloppiness that went on with regards to the way that the State folks handled our information. To me, that is something that we have to be constantly watchful for."
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| Marketplace Fairness Act Of 2013 |
April 25, 2013 |
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Richard Durbin, D-IL
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"Yesterday we had one amendment we thought was simple and easy. It is an amendment that said: We will not impose across America a tax for you to use the Internet—the Internet Freedom Act it is called. It is bipartisan. Senator Mark Pryor of Arkansas, a Democrat, and Senator Blunt of Missouri, a Republican, came together and offered to extend the current policy of the United States on Internet freedom."
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