| Agriculture Reform, Food, And Jobs Act Of 2013—Motion To Proceed |
May 15, 2013 |
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Thomas Carper, D-DE
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"It is kind of ironic that our Republican friends, after beating us over the head for 4 years for not supposedly passing a budget—although if you looked at what we put in place, some of the legislation was law; we actually did have a budget. We had spending caps and directions to reduce spending in a lot of different categories. We saved in deficit reduction well over $1 trillion as a result."
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| Benghazi |
May 14, 2013 |
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Barbara Boxer, D-CA
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"Madam President, I wish to be heard on the issue of Benghazi. I wrote an op-ed piece on this because I absolutely cannot believe what is happening with our Republican friends on this issue."
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| Water Resources Development Act Of 2013—Continued |
May 8, 2013 |
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Barbara Boxer, D-CA
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"Mr. President, I wish to say to my friend, today was a great day for the Senator from Rhode Island, not only because of the speech that I think is quite memorable but also because of the amendment he passed with the help of our Republican friends, to set up an oceans trust fund. I think this is a good, positive day, and I am very pleased about that."
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| Providing For Consideration Of H.R. 807, Full Faith And Credit Act |
May 8, 2013 |
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Jerrold Nadler, D-NY
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"We’re hearing from our Republican friends today about how endangered our credit rating is. Our credit rating is so endangered, despite their frightening rhetoric, that we are paying the lowest interest rates on our bonds ever, and our bonds are selling higher. People are getting in line to buy our bonds because our credit rating is, in fact, quite good."
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| Marketplace Fairness Act Of 2013 |
May 6, 2013 |
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Harry Reid, D-NV
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"Now we have had our Republican friends saying for months and months, let’s do things with regular order. We know how hard it was to get a budget passed. We have had over 100 amendments on which we actually voted. We were here until 5 o’clock in the morning. We got a budget, even though—you know, we have been through this before. We do not need to go into more detail. We had a law signed by the President of the United States that gave us our budget allocations for several years. But we decided to do a resolution. It didn’t have to be signed by the President. I am glad we did. It was hard. Senators Murray and Sessions did a good job allowing us to move forward on that, so now it is time to go forward. We have a budget resolution we passed in the Senate. We want to meet with the House and work out our differences. That is what we have done here for two centuries. We should do it on this bill."
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