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DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2004--Continued -- (Senate - September 04, 2003)Page: S11065
Mr. KENNEDY. It is a privilege to join Senator Harkin on this urgently...
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Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. KENNEDY. Yes.
Mr. HARKIN. I first wish to thank the senior Senator from Massachusetts for his...
Mr. KENNEDY. The only answer I can reach is that it is the result of pressure...
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Mr. HARKIN. I just respond to the Senator, he made a great point. I can only...
Mr. KENNEDY. I say to the Senator, I certainly agree. I know we are going to...
Mr. HARKIN. I respond to the Senator from Massachusetts, from all the polls we...
Mr. KENNEDY. Pensions.
Mr. HARKIN. All of them.
Mr. DAYTON. Will the Senator yield for a question?
Mr. KENNEDY. I have the floor, and after the Senator has finished, I will be...
Mr. HARKIN. Go ahead.
Mr. DAYTON. Isn't it also true that this administration proposed eliminating...
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Mr. KENNEDY. The Senator is quite correct. There is a panoply of different...
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AMENDMENT NO. 1566 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1542
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk.
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the...
Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I understand there are a number of pending...
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Mr. CORZINE. Mr. President, first I wanted to speak on Senator...
Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I am a little confused because for the last hour I...
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Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, an agreement has been cleared on both sides, and I...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, with respect to the amendment offered by the...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, will the Senator yield?
Mr. SPECTER. I do.
Mr. REID. I apologize for interrupting, but I would appreciate that in the...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I think that is a fair request. I had made a...
Mr. REID. I thank the Senator.
Mr. SPECTER. Going back to the issue on the Pell grants,
Mr. DAYTON. I sympathize with the predicament the distinguished Senator from...
Mr. SPECTER. If the Senator would yield for a question.
Mr. DAYTON. I would be happy to yield.
Mr. SPECTER. I ask him what publication he is referring to. Independence has...
Mr. DAYTON. The Senator's distinguished record speaks for itself.
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Mr. DAYTON. For all its apparent success, lawmakers have disregarded the...
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Exhibit 1
Some Successful Models Ignored As Congress Works on Drug Bill
`POLITICAL JUDGMENT'
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NEGOTIATED DISCOUNTS
LIMITS OF COVERAGE
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, what is the question before the Senate? ...
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Mr. BYRD. I thank the Chair. Mr. President, am I at liberty to speak out of...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, after reading about the Bush administration's proposed...
Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I yield the floor.
Mr. DeWINE. Mr. President, I come to the floor today to speak about an...
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Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
AMENDMENT NO. 1559
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, the time has arrived for voting on the Murray...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, on behalf of Senator Murray, I, by virtue of...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I notice that the Senator from Washington is in the...
Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I thank the chairman and appreciate his...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, if we had unlimited funding, I would say the Murray...
Mr. McCONNELL. I announce that the Senator from Missouri (Mr. TALENT) is...
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. EDWARDS),...
Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I want to offer an amendment in a moment, and I...
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AMENDMENT NO. 1568 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1542
Mr. DASCHLE. I have an amendment at the desk. I ask unanimous consent the...
Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I thank Senator Conrad and Senator...
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Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, as the Senator from South Dakota has outlined the...
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Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, let me say, first, I think the distinguished...
Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President. I am very pleased to join my distinguished colleague...
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Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum...
AMENDMENT NO. 1572 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1542
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I send an amendment to the desk and ask for its...
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment...
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I offer this amendment on behalf of myself and my...
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Mr. DODD. We are getting to the point where we have almost as many Democrats as...
Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I am pleased to join with my colleagues, Senators...
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Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I thank my colleague from Vermont for his leadership...
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Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I thank my colleague from...
Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, before they leave, I commend my colleague from...
IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, news reports last week revealed that the Bechtel...
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Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I rise today to comment on two of the amendments...
AMENDMENT NO. 1566
AMENDMENT NO. 1568
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Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I think the managers, if I can get Senator...
Mr. HARKIN. What a jester you are. I wouldn't mind it.
Mr. SPECTER. Senator Harkin says he wouldn't mind. It is not a formal...
Mr. HARKIN. Does that mean you will accept all our amendments and just go to...
Mr. SPECTER. Does that mean we will accept all your amendments? Let's hear some...
Mr. HARKIN. Waterloo, MO.
Mr. SPECTER. In a very serious vein, there is a long list of amendments and...
Mr. HARKIN. I would like to ask my good friend, the chairman of the committee,...
Mr. SPECTER. We cannot have votes tomorrow unless we have amendments. I think...
Mr. HARKIN. I understand there are some amendments coming down this afternoon....
Mr. SPECTER. There is no amendment being offered on the floor. There is no...
Mr. HARKIN. We have a vote at 5 o'clock, I understand. Was that already...
Mr. SPECTER. We have that, that we can vote on, and we can vote on the Dodd...
Mr. HARKIN. I understand we can have votes tomorrow on certain amendments. The...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, again, let me make a plea to our colleagues to come...
Mr. HARKIN. I understand we want some people back for that, too, on NIH.
Mr. SPECTER. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, this has been cleared on both sides. In the...
Mr. REID. Objection.
Mr. REID. Is there a quorum call in effect?
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I would ask the distinguished Senator from...
Mr. SPECTER. Well, if that is the best we can do, so stated.
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I have been asked, on behalf of the leader, to have...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, I am wondering if the Senator will withhold. We may be...
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Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, that would be agreeable.
Mr. REID. If we could, then, Mr. President, I ask the distinguished Senator...
Mr. REID. Mr. President, this is kind of like the kangaroo cops on my side. We...
AMENDMENT NO. 1575 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1542
Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, shortly, I am going to offer another amendment...
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Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the...
Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I see my colleague from Michigan on the floor. I...
Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to add my name as a...
Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I commend my colleague from Iowa for his stalwart...
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Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, I want to echo and support the eloquent comments...
AMENDMENT NO. 1575
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Mr. DODD. Will the distinguished Senator yield?
Mrs. CLINTON. Certainly.
Mr. DODD. I wish to ask the distinguished Senator from New York; she has raised...
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Mrs. CLINTON. The Senator is absolutely correct. If one looks throughout our...
Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I thank our colleague for her observations. She is...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, the objective of school construction is a very...
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, in the absence of Senator Daschle, I ask...
Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, will the Senator from Pennsylvania yield for a...
Mr. SPECTER. I would.
Mrs. CLINTON. Mr. President, the Senator from Pennsylvania is correct in his...
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Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, in response to the question from the Senator from...
Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, will the Senator yield for a question?
Mrs. CLINTON. Certainly.
Mr. HARKIN. I thank the Senator from New York for her remarks. I just...
Mrs. CLINTON. I share my colleague's bewilderment. It does appear to me that...
AMENDMENT NO. 1568
Mr. SPECTER. Mr. President, I raise a point of order under section 504 of the...
Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, pursuant to section 504(b)(2) of H. Con. Res. 95,...
Mr. REID. I announce that the Senator from North Carolina (Mr....
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Mr. SPECTER. I move to reconsider the vote, and I move to lay that motion on...
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