Senate Proceeding on Oct 1st, 2009 :: 7:44:25 to 7:50:15
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Daniel Inouye: country there is a problem with our young people, and we can no longer tolerate that. thank you, madam i yield th mr. inouye: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from hawaii. mr. inouye: madam president, at this moment -- and i repeat at

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Speech By: Daniel Inouye

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Daniel Inouye: this moment, there are 10 amendments ready for 10. and i've of votes. so may i advise my colleagues to preparehemselves for a l evening. in addition to that, there are

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Daniel Inouye: 10 other amendments that we're in the process of discussing and negotiating, which may require roll call votes. so this may be the leadership has advised me that voting should begin in

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Daniel Inouye: about 15 minutes, at 5:30. since we have some time and in anticipation that one of the amendments would be the one from the senator from roc oklahoma, i'd like to say a few words on that. madam president, i rise to oppose the amendment from the senator from oklahoma, which seeks to increase the operation

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Daniel Inouye: and maintenance funding b by $294 million in the department defense bill by reducing the funds available for research and development activities by that same amount. i understand that the senator incorrectly assumes that the operation and maintenance account is underfunded due to a

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Daniel Inouye: change in inflation. economic recovery, madam president, means that projected inflation is now higher than anticipated just a f ago. my colleague is correct that

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Daniel Inouye: changed. however, the budget adjustment that the objectionable does not only correct for the current year inflation. in fact the commit reviews the historical price growth embedded in budget baseline due to inflation.

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Daniel Inouye: in the fiscal year 2008 were b the budget. therefore, madam president, the fiscal year 2010 budget base was inflated over actual experience. the bill before us adjusts for that baseline error. the operation a title is fully funded to meet

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Daniel Inouye: the department's needs. there's no shortage. and let me repeat that. the o&m account, or the operation and maintenance account,s fully funded. the committee is deeply concerned that the critical operational needs of our

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Daniel Inouye: soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines are the finest. we want to be sure that every member has the equipment, the bill meets these needs and we fully fund the family support programs, base equipment maintenance. the proposed amendment would

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Daniel Inouye: add $294 million to unneeded funds, an action that could promote waste and expenditures on low-priority proams. i know the amendment does not specify what program is underfunded or w from this transfer. this amendment would move funds

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Daniel Inouye: from unidentified purposes which undermines the careful program review which the committee accomplished. on the other hand, it undul penalis the research and development activities of the department. the a and d title is -- r&d

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Daniel Inouye: title is already below the president's requested funding level. madam president, research and development is the seed corn for the future. it is the basis of all the tech technological improvements that have been proved invaluable in making our fighting forces the

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Daniel Inouye: most capable in the world. this blunt ax approach to cut programs is uninformed, unexplained and untargeted. therefore, i to oppose this measure and i

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Daniel Inouye: yield the floor. i've just been advised that the statement that begin voting at 5:30 has been slightly change. we'll now begin voting at about 6:00. so a quorum?

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Daniel Inouye: the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll.