| Unanimous Consent Request—H. Con. Res. 25 |
May 14, 2013 |
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Mark Warner, D-VA
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"But if we are going to reach that kind of compromise, it means the regular order has to proceed. It means we have to have these two very different budgets, one passed by the House, one passed by the Senate, resolved through the regular order of a conference committee. If we do not do this—if we do not do this—my fear is we are going to continue to do the kind of actions we have been on over the last number of months where we continue to cut back on that relatively small piece of Federal spending which is discretionary spending."
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| The Budget |
May 7, 2013 |
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Debbie Stabenow, D-MI
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"I urge our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to take another look at this, to look at their own words over the last number of years. Our colleague from Texas who objected to the majority leader’s motion to actually do the next step and get a budget done said back in January on national television: We have a crisis. Well, what was the crisis he was talking about?"
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| Family And Business Tax Cut Certainty Act Of 2012—Motion To Proceed |
September 13, 2012 |
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Mark Udall, D-CO
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"Mr. President, I am here, as I have been on many a morning over the last number of months, to urge all of us to work together in order to extend the production tax credit for wind energy. The PTC, as it is known, is going to expire in a few months. That impending expiration not only threatens the jobs of tens of thousands of Americans but also threatens the continued prosperity of an industry that has seen tremendous growth over the last decade. We simply cannot let that happen. But each day we fail to act—and, in effect, abdicate our basic responsibility to support job creation—we are allowing jobs to be exported and we are truly abandoning a part of the bright future of American manufacturing."
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| Flood Insurance Reform And Modernization Act—Motion To Proceed— Resumed |
June 14, 2012 |
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Mark Udall, D-CO
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"Over the last number of years in tough economic times, the wind industry has been a bright spot. We have seen growth in the wind industry on the manufacturing side, and these are good-paying jobs. But we are at a make-or-break moment for wind energy. If we let the wind PTC expire, we will lose thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in investment."
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| Agriculture Reform, Food, And Jobs Act—Motion To Proceed—Resumed |
June 6, 2012 |
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Orrin Hatch, R-UT
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"I think the minority leader and the Speaker of the House have something here. We ought to do this and make it the main focal point of our existence as Members of the Senate and Members of the House of Representatives. If we do this, we might even find that we can get along again. We might even find that we can work together. And we might even find the President can lead for a change, which would be a pleasant change from what I have seen over the last number of years."
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