Senate Proceeding on Sep 24th, 2009 :: 6:08:35 to 6:10:25
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6:08:33 to 6:08:53( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: amendment and her this issue and i look forward to hearing more from her on it. madam chairman, i to the senator from california, the senator from new mexico has been waiting and the senator from louisiana has been waiting.

6:08:35 to 6:10:25( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: David Vitter

6:08:54 to 6:09:14( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: so let me mr. vitter: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from louisiana. mr. vitter: mr. president, could i ask unanimous consent for two minutes of recognition before we move away from this the presiding ficer: is there an objection? without objection, so ordered. mr. vitter: thank you, mr. president. i'll be brief. i just want to compliment my

6:09:15 to 6:09:36( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: distinguished senator -- colleague from maine on her amendmen i think it was very well-tailored and very carefully put toget i do think it's a shame that it won't be able to come to any vote because of this procedural move by the assistant majority leader. i want to underscore three points. number one, you know, maybe we

6:09:37 to 6:09:57( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: can talk abo universe when we debate the beck amendment but we're not debating the glenn beck amendment today. we're talking about the collins amendment. we'll get to vote on the vitter amendment. and what all of us have been talking about are appointees of the president who were -- whose office was not created by statute in any way and who

6:09:58 to 6:10:21( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: nevesenate confirmed. number two, i also want to underscore the point that this is clearly a bipartisan concern, as evidenced by senator byrd's letter from february and senator russ feingold's recent comments. it's a very serious and very bipartisan concern. number three, we will have an opportunity to vote on this

6:10:22 to 6:10:25( Edit History Discussion )

David Vitter: issue today the climate change czar is one