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PRESCRIPTION DRUG AND MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2003 -- (Senate - June 24, 2003)Page: S8386
Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the pending amendments be...
AMENDMENT NO. 1001
Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its...
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Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I offer this amendment in the true spirit of making...
Mrs. BOXER. I will read it. That is why they said I could mention on the...
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Mrs. BOXER. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mrs. BOXER. I renew my request for the yeas and nays on the amendment.
Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, I ask that all pending amendments be temporarily...
Mrs. LINCOLN. I thank the ranking member of the Finance Committee, as well as...
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AMENDMENT NO. 1002
Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, at this time I send an amendment to the desk.
Mrs. LINCOLN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mrs. LINCOLN. I am extremely proud to offer this amendment with my colleagues,...
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Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I see my friend from North Dakota is eager to...
AMENDMENT NO. 1001
Mrs. BOXER. Will my friend yield?
Mr. KENNEDY. I am happy to yield.
Mrs. BOXER. I want to ask a couple questions. The Senator used the term ``donut...
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Mr. KENNEDY. Well, the complication is costly. We know for a fact we spend...
AMENDMENT NO. 976
AMENDMENT NO. 1002
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I rise to speak on the amendment of my colleague...
Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, will the Senator from North Dakota yield for a...
Mr. CONRAD. I am happy to yield.
Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, the managers of the bill have asked we enter a...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I would object to that because I don't want to be...
Mr. SANTORUM. I say to the Senator, let me know, if there is maybe 8 minutes...
Mr. CONRAD. I would be happy to do that.
Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we have 8 minutes...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, as I stated earlier on the Senate floor, I believe...
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AMENDMENT NO. 976
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask to be yielded 2 minutes of the 4 minutes on the...
Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, I yield 3 minutes to the Senator from...
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I thank my distinguished friend and colleague from...
Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I rise in support of the amendment No. 976 offered...
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Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I hear often from many on the other side of the...
Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, the argument made by the Senator from...
Mr. ROCKEFELLER. I hope we will pass my amendment. It is worse for employees....
Mr. REID. Have the yeas and nays been ordered?
Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, under the existing legislation, employers are...
Mr. MCCONNELL. I announce that the Senator from Nebraska (Mr....
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from Delaware (Mr. BIDEN), the...
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Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote.
Mr. HATCH. I move to lay that motion on the table.
AMENDMENT NO. 984, AS MODIFIED
Mr. GRASSLEY. It is my understanding that the Senator from New Mexico is ready...
Mr. BUNNING. Reserving the right to object, could we at least understand what...
Mr. GRASSLEY. The Senator from New Mexico will explain that.
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, when I came to the Senate floor a few minutes ago,...
Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, the issue to which this study will give the answer...
Mr. GRASSLEY. As I indicated, we accept that amendment, and I would like to...
Mr. BAUCUS. Mr. President, it is unfortunate we did not get the score on the...
Mr. GRASSLEY. We have had so many Democrat amendments that have been offered....
Mr. REID. Reserving the right to object, will there be a unanimous consent...
Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, in answer to the distinguished Democrat whip,...
Mr. REID. For the information of Senators, my understanding is that the two...
Mr. GRASSLEY. That is my understanding.
AMENDMENT NO. 962
Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be...
Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
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Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, I rise today to offer this amendment that will...
Mr. SMITH. Senator Bingaman and I are convinced that this amendment ...
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Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I congratulate my colleague from Oregon for his...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum...
PREWAR INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, the news is just on the wires that six British troops...
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Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending...
AMENDMENT NO. 1004
Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ask that amendment No. 1004, which is at the...
Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mrs. HUTCHISON. Mr. President, today I rise, along with Senators KENNEDY,...
Mr. REID. Reserving the right to object, it is my understanding the Senator has...
Mrs. HUTCHISON. I was going to offer that unanimous consent.
Mr. REID. Did you ask unanimous consent on something else?
Mrs. HUTCHISON. I was going to ask unanimous consent for the Pryor amendment...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I reluctantly have to object. I personally ...
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Mrs. HUTCHISON. No, I have not.
Mrs. HUTCHISON. I ask unanimous consent following the vote this afternoon in...
Mr. REID. We do not object.
Mrs. HUTCHISON. And I ask the Democratic leader work with me to be in the next...
Mr. REID. I say to the distinguished Senator from Texas we will try to do that....
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