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Barbara L Boxer
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Remarks on the WRDA Bill Provisions - Dec. 9, 2016
December 9, 2016
BOXER: I want to thank Senator Cochran for his courtesy in getting the time for me. You know, some people may wonder why it is on a Friday we're still here and we're still arguing and we're still debating. There are several issues that are troubling to many people in the Senate and in the country, and a couple of them have a focus on them today. How this all ends remains to be seen, but I just feel it's important for the American people to understand there are some […]
Maria Cantwell
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Remarks on the WRDA Bill Provisions - Dec. 9, 2016
December 9, 2016
BOXER: I want to thank Senator Cochran for his courtesy in getting the time for me. You know, some people may wonder why it is on a Friday we're still here and we're still arguing and we're still debating. There are several issues that are troubling to many people in the Senate and in the country, and a couple of them have a focus on them today. How this all ends remains to be seen, but I just feel it's important for the American people to understand there are some […]
Elizabeth Warren
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Remarks Concerning Coal Miners - Dec. 10, 2016
December 10, 2016
Mr. President, I come to the floor today to support senators from both parties -- I’m sorry. Are we in a quorum? Thank you. Mr. President, I come to the floor today to support senators from both parties, and in particular West Virginia senators Joe Manchin and Shelly Capito in their fight to protect health and retirement benefits for over 100,000 American coal miners and their families. 70 years ago, the federal government made a simple promise to these union coal miners. America, our country, promised to provide health insurance […]
Elizabeth Warren
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Remarks on Drug Company Corruption - Nov. 28, 2016
November 28, 2016
Thank you, Madam President. Three weeks ago, Americans went to the polls. Voters were deeply divided on whether Democrats or Republicans should be in charge. Donald Trump is the President-Elect losing the popular vote by more than two million people. But there is one thing that Americans are not divided on. One issue that they sent a message loud and clear. According to exit polls, 70% of voters said they think that the American economy and the lawmakers who oversee it are owned by big companies and special interests. That […]
Elizabeth Warren
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Remarks on the 21st Century Cures Bill - Nov. 30, 2016
November 30, 2016
Thank you, Mr. President. I'm glad to be here with my colleagues today to have a chance to talk about the 21st Century Cures Bill. On Monday I came to the Senate floor to speak against a deal that was emerging in the House of Representatives around this bill. Now when congress first started working on this proposal two years ago, the idea was for Democrats and Republicans to work together to improve medical innovation and access to lifesaving cures. And for two years lots of people worked really hard […]
Elizabeth Warren
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Discussing President-elect Donald Trump - Nov. 17, 2016
November 17, 2016
Mr. President. Last week Hillary Clinton got about a million more votes than Donald Trump and yet here we are. Donald Trump won the presidency, and across the nation everyone is wondering what happens next. It is barely a week but we have already seen disgusting ideas emerge from Trump Tower. Put a white supremacist in the White House, flow to plan to register all Muslim Americans, draw up plans to round up millions of human being and rip families apart across this nation. It is sickening and we will […]
Kelly Ayotte
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"No Child Left Behind" Law Update - Jul. 21, 2015
July 21, 2015
Mr. President, I come to the floor this morning to speak about the bill that we have pending on the floor, a law that is long past due for reexamination and reauthorization, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. This law was last updated in 2001 as the No Child Left Behind Act. Fourteen years is far too long to go without updating the primary law focused on an issue that is so important to the future of our country, ensuring that children in New Hampshire and across this country receive […]
Debbie A Stabenow
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Clean Energy Partnerships Act - Nov. 5, 2009
November 5, 2009
Mr. President, yesterday I introduced S. 2729, the Clean Energy Partnerships Act. I am proud to have as cosponsors for this bill Senator Max Baucus, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Senator Sherrod Brown, Senator Tom Harkin, Senator Mark Begich, and Senator Jeanne Shaheen, who has been working with me on the carbon conservation program after she introduced S. 1576, the Forest Carbon Incentives Program Act. As we work toward creating a clean energy economy in America, we need a strategy that protects our environment while protecting and creating jobs and revitalizing our […]
Debbie A Stabenow
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Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act Of 2009 - Nov. 21, 2009
November 21, 2009
Mr. President, it is my pleasure and honor this evening to be here to strongly support this motion, this historic motion to proceed to a historic debate about whether we, as America, the greatest country in the world, are going to make sure all Americans have access to affordable health care insurance. This is something that has been debated for 100 years. Now we have the opportunity, with the House having passed their version, to move forward to this debate where we will have lots of opportunity to offer amendments […]
Patsy Mink
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Statement on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials Product Liability Reform - Feb. 21, 1995
February 21, 1995
Thank you for affording me the opportunity to testify on the product liability provisions of H.R. 10, the Common Sense Legal Reform Act, and H.R. 917, the Common Sense Product Liability Reform Act. I am here today to draw attention to certain provisions in these bills which will impact negatively on millions of Americans who rely on the courts to provide relief in instances of injury from defective products. I am a DES mother. I have a DES daughter. Diethylstilbestrol or DES was approved by the FDA in 1947 to […]