Senate Proceeding 07-30-09 on Jul 30th, 2009 :: 2:17:50 to 2:19:05
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2:17:47 to 2:18:08( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: ourolleagues will follow. we do not want to play roulette with the highway trust fund. we have to make sure it stays solvent. i urg a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. vitter: madam president, this is about a budget point of order. that means the bill, since it

2:17:50 to 2:19:05( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: David Vitter

2:18:09 to 2:18:29( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: was not amended as i would have liked, the the budget act. it has more outlays this year. it also requires us to rack up more debt, borrow more in the face of $2 trillion of new debt this year, doubling that in five years and tripling

2:18:30 to 2:18:50( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: it in ten, this is a critical vote. either you vote "yes" and say let's continue to go down that path or you vote "no" and need to change course about debt. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second?

2:18:51 to 2:19:08( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: there appears to be. the clerk will call the