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Dianne Feinstein
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Manipulation of the California Energy Market - June 7, 2004
June 7, 2004
Mr. President, I rise today to discuss the callous attitudes of Enron employees that were brought to light recently in transcripts released by the Snohomish County Public Utility District in Washington and broadcast on CBS News. These tapes provide concrete evidence of the manipulation and fraud that was perpetrated by energy companies in the 2000-2001 energy crisis in California. This manipulation resulted in the cost of energy in California increasing from $7 billion in 1999 to $27 billion in 2000 and 2001, respectively. This type of price gouging and market […]
Joni Ernst
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Call for Support of the 5-Month Abortion Plan- Sept. 15, 2015
September 21, 2015
Mr. President, just a short while ago, I had the opportunity to meet with a very special family from Newton, Iowa. Micah Pickering, an adorable, energetic three-year old boy, was born prematurely, at just 22 weeks gestational age – the equivalent of 20-weeks after fertilization, the method of measurement in the bill before us. You will notice my picture. This is Micah, that energetic three-year old boy. He was just in the office and the picture was there. And Micah ran up, and he said, “That’s me!” And he said, […]
Dianne Feinstein
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Alleged CIA Computer Tampering- March 11, 2014
March 11, 2014
Over the past week, there have been numerous press articles written about the Intelligence Committee’s oversight review of the Detention and Interrogation Program of the CIA, specifically press attention has focused on the CIA’s intrusion and search of the Senate Select Committee’s computers as well as the committee’s acquisition of a certain internal CIA document known as the Panetta Review. I rise today to set the record straight and to provide a full accounting of the facts and history. Let me say up front that I come to the Senate […]
Elizabeth Warren
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Equal Pay Day - April 12, 2016
April 12, 2016
Today is equal pay day, and by the sound of it, you would think it is some sort of historical holiday commemorating the anniversary of a landmark day, that our country guaranteed equal pay for women. But that’s not what it’s about, not even close. Because in the year 2016, at a time when we have self-driving cars and computers that fit on your wrist, women still make only 79 cents for every dollar a man makes. And we’re still standing here, at the United States Congress, debating whether a […]
Kirsten E Gillibrand
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Equal Pay Day - April 12, 2016
April 12, 2016
Mr. President, after another whole year, a very unfortunate milestone has once again arrived. Today is equal pay day. This is the day in 2016 that the average working woman after all last year, and the first 3 months of this year, finally earns as much as money as the average man did only during last year. So if you started the clock in 2015, the average woman had to work an extra 103 days, to earn the same amount of money as a man. Imagine, two people were both […]
Joni Ernst
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First Senate Floor Speech - March 23, 2015
March 23, 2015
As part of her first speech on the floor of the U.S. Senate, Senator Ernst introduced her first piece of legislation, the Prioritizing Veterans’ Access to Mental Health Care Act. Mr. President, as we begin this week with the serious and necessary discussions about the budget, I rise today to talk about something that is very personal to me; something that is incredibly close to my heart—the service and sacrifice of our nation’s finest men and women—those that serve in our armed forces. And, as the budget process moves forward, […]
Hillary Rodham Clinton
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The War in Iraq - Feb. 7, 2007
February 7, 2007
Mr. President, we are all well aware in this chamber that our country finds itself in a deepening crisis in Iraq, and we find ourselves at a moment of decision in the United States Senate. Nearly four years ago, our President rushed us into war in Iraq, a war now longer than American involvement in World War II, which next month will actually exceed the length of our own Civil War. For four years, members on both sides of the aisle have watched with shock and dismay as our President […]
Joni Ernst
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Iowans' Struggle with Obamacare - Dec. 2, 2015
December 2, 2015
Promises, promises, promises... Day in and day out, I hear stories of the broken promises of the President’s failed health care law in Iowa, and across the country. President Obama promised health insurance premiums would go down by $2,500. They haven’t. In fact, the President’s own administration admits that nationwide, premiums in the exchange for next year have increased by more than 7 percent. The outlook for my state is even worse, with Iowans facing more than a 12 percent increase in premiums. President Obama’s promises don’t pay these bills. […]
Elizabeth Warren
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Student Loan Debt- Feb. 12, 2014
February 12, 2014
Thank you Madame President, and I want to thank Senator Durbin and Senator Reed for their extraordinary leadership on this important issue. I also rise today to talk about the crushing burden that student debt places on our college students and on our economy – and call on Congress to address it. The core facts are well-known to every family in America. In recent decades, college costs have skyrocketed. Adjusted for inflation, a young person today pays 300% of what her parents paid just thirty years ago. For millions of […]
Elizabeth Warren
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Republican Filibusters of Judicial Nominees- Nov. 13, 2013
November 13, 2013
Yesterday, the Republicans blocked an up-or-down vote on the nomination of Nina Pillard to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. This filibuster comes just one week after Republicans filibustered the nomination of Patricia Millett to the D.C. Circuit, and less than a year after the Republicans filibustered Caitlin Halligan, who eventually just gave up and withdrew her nomination. Republicans now hold the dubious distinction of having filibustered all three women that President Obama nominated to D.C. Circuit. Now, collectively, these women have diverse experiences in private practice, in government, and […]