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Senate Proceeding on Sep 23rd, 2009 :: 6:52:05 to 6:53:40
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David Vitter

6:52:02 to 6:52:24( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: old information. with that, i would urg opposition. mr. vitter: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. vitter: mr. president, of course, nothing in prevts the interior department from reading all those comments, from digesting all those comments. my amendment straightforward.

David Vitter

6:52:05 to 6:53:40( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: David Vitter

David Vitter

6:52:25 to 6:52:46( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: it says, rember last summer, where almost all of america sai this is ridiculous, drill here, drill now, let's use our resources and not be hel captive to foreign interests? do you rember that? my amendment is about whether we really listen to that or whether we're going to ignore that. because right now, this administration and this interior department has pledged to i

David Vitter

6:52:47 to 6:53:08( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: guess near and has pledged to forestall and put off the o.c.s. development developed, that's on the books, about to move forward. so this question is did we listen to the american people when they spoke so loudly so clearly? soar congress going to ignore

David Vitter

6:53:09 to 6:53:29( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: the clear will of the american people yet again? i yield back the balance of my mrs. feinstein: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from california. mrs. feinstein: thank you, mr. president. i move to table the motion to commit -- recommit.

David Vitter

6:53:30 to 6:53:42( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: and i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is. the q table.

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