Senate Proceeding on Jun 27th, 2008 :: 0:24:11 to 0:26:18
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Jeff Sessions: object. on behalf of the leadership on this side. the presiding officer: objection is heard. ms. cantwell: mr. president -- the presiding officer: the senator from washington state. ms. cantwell:

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Maria Cantwell: mr . president, i am obviously disappointed that my colleague or the other side of the aisle is objecting to this, because this legislation today passed by us could go to the president's desk, and we would

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Speech By: Maria Cantwell

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Maria Cantwell: be sending a very strong message today while we are gone that this is a serious crisis and that we expect the federal regulator, the policeman on the beat, to be doing their job while we are gone.

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Maria Cantwell: we have tried to say to this agency that they should be more aggressive. we have pushed them with letters letters. we have pushed them with over oversight hearings. but now we have our colleagues in the house

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Maria Cantwell: of representatives saying, you shall use your emergency authority. so it's disappointing that even though 402 members, a majority of republicans and a majority of democrats -- i think only 19 people

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Maria Cantwell: did not vote in that -- in favor of this particular measure -- that over 400 members thought that this was spuch an emergency that we should take -- that this was such an emergency that we should take

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Maria Cantwell: this action. it's thought of while we are a we're gone on who will day, our consumers won't have the protection and the indication that we have said is critical to making sure that oil markets are

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Maria Cantwell: properly police ed and that we don't continue to see this rise in -- a huge increase in what is gas prices while we are gone. so i'm very disappoint in the objection and will continue to fight this

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Maria Cantwell: issue to make sure our consumers are protected by the federal agency ies that are supposed to be doing their job in protecting them from excessive speculation and manipulation. i thank the president, and