Senate Proceeding on Oct 28th, 2009 :: 5:17:45 to 5:18:50
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5:17:41 to 5:18:01( Edit History Discussion )

Lamar Alexander: but helping to them back to work. and that ought to be our primary goal here. i thank my colleague for yielding. mr. alexander: if the senator from arizona has just another minute, i thank him for coming to the floor because he points out the value of taking a little time on these important pieces of legislation. i mean, you suggested a way that we could not only extend

5:17:45 to 5:18:50( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Lamar Alexander

5:18:02 to 5:18:22( Edit History Discussion )

Lamar Alexander: unemployment compensation benefits which almost all of us want to do, but a wayo pay for it in a way that creates more jobs rather than fewer. there's another example. the senator from rhode island was complaining about the 82 times that the majority leader has invoked cloture, and i was saying that was nothing to brag about.

5:18:23 to 5:18:44( Edit History Discussion )

Lamar Alexander: i mean, we should be complaining about that because that's 82 times he's cut us off. but in general he's allowed during this year a fair amount of amendments, a fair amount of debate. but take the health care bill for a moment. it takes a little time. over in the house, i hear they may run that through in three days. that's not going to happen here.

5:18:45 to 5:18:51( Edit History Discussion )

Lamar Alexander: and when we have time to stop and think about it, the same thing happens on this floor that happened last week. we had our first vote on health