| Authorization For Use Of Military Force |
May 18, 2012 |
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Louie Gohmert, R-TX
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"So the President, if he does detain somebody against the law in section 103, subparagraph (a), has got to notify us. Then I’m sure there would be a lot of people on both sides of the aisle who would come forward and say, Hey, we’ve changed the law. The President can’t do that. Under subparagraph (a), you don’t have that power anymore. We took that away from you the way you had it since September 18 of 2001. That has changed. Now that you’ve notified us, we are going to help that person file for a writ of habeas corpus hearing in court as specified in subparagraph (a). It will be an article III U.S. Federal district court, and we know we will have a proper hearing."
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| The Food And Drug Administration Safety And Innovation Act—Motion To Proceed—Continued |
May 17, 2012 |
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Harry Reid, D-NV
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"I think it is too bad for this institution. I am not outraged; I am upset because I feel I have been used as a tool to try to adversely affect the President in some way. I will continue to keep an open mind, but I have to say that I am terribly disappointed. It looks as though we are going to arrive at May 23—and the Iranians have people around who are watching this. They are laughing at us. We cannot even come up with a simple resolution. It has no force of law—I should not say that; it does have some. But they are laughing at us."
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| Executive Session |
May 17, 2012 |
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Bob Corker, R-TN
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"Mr. President, I wanted to speak for a moment today about the vote we are going to have this afternoon on the Federal Reserve Board members who have been nominated. I have met both of these individuals, and I plan to vote for them today at noon. But I want tell you why I am going to do that. I am very concerned about the overly accommodative efforts that are taking place right now at the Federal Reserve. I think these low interest rates over long periods of time will create inflation in our country. I believe the Fed has been proactive in recent times in ways that make me nervous. As soon as QE2 was announced, I immediately called the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, and we had a meeting in our office to talk about the concerns he had and the concerns we in our office have."
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| International Food Security |
May 17, 2012 |
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Benjamin Cardin, D-MD
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"We must harness the good will of the private sector, do a better job of coordinating among ourselves in the donor community, and show the American people that we are doing development better. With such a limited foreign assistance budget, getting the most out of every dollar that we spend is vital if we are going to beat global hunger and human suffering."
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| S. Con. Res. 41, H. Con. Res. 112, S. Con. Res. 37, S. Con. Res. 42, S. Con. Res. 44 En Bloc—Motions To Proceed |
May 16, 2012 |
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Roy Blunt, R-MO
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"I would like to stay on this. Saying the Budget Control Act is a budget—as Senator Thune mentioned, if that was the budget, why did the President submit one? Nobody believes that is a budget. The Parliamentarian said it was not a budget. But what it is—it would be as if your family sitting down to decide what money you are going to have to spend this year said: OK, we have X number of dollars. Let’s go out and spend it. That is no budget, particularly when you had to borrow 40 percent of the X number of dollars you said you had. We are borrowing 40 percent of the money we are going to spend. The only number we have that we have agreed to is the maximum amount we will spend, knowing we do not have anywhere near that number, and we have not allocated that in any way."
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