Senate Proceeding on Oct 29th, 2009 :: 4:49:30 to 4:54:35
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Christopher S. Bond: quorum call: mr. bond: mr. president? the pres senator from missouri. mr. bond: that the call for the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: whout objection. mr. bond: mr. president, earlier today, apparently, our distinguished majority leader came to the floor and noted that

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Speech By: Christopher S. Bond

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Christopher S. Bond: a nomination for g.s.a. on the opening day of major league baseba unconfirmed for her job and said it was because a senator is demanding a federal building be built in his home state, closed quote. and obviously that's me, and i

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Christopher S. Bond: thank the good senator from nevenevada for raising that question because i and a bipartisan group of members of congress and the leaders of the kansas city area have been working for the g.s.a. for the past several weeks to resolve the concerns that i have and get some questions answered

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Christopher S. Bond: on a project very important to the kansas city community. our conversations have amazingly become very productive and the will have information to share very shortly. unfortunately, until i put this hold on the nominee, progress

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Christopher S. Bond: was not quite souick, i might add. but i expect the issue to be resolved shortly in wha is a matter of a couple of days to the benefit of the g.s.a. and to -- certainly to the benefit of the kansas city greater community. but before i retire from the floor well, let me just point out one other thing before i go

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Christopher S. Bond: into that. the community of kansas city, all of the leadership, local -- the elected officials and others had gone together and worked with the g.s.a. to get a building, a new building to replace an existing building whic by any stretch of the

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Christopher S. Bond: imagination is ereme the extremely expensive. it is part occupied, it is not conducive to good work, a good workplace, and it needs to be replaced. we had gone all wait through, gotten g.s.a. approval, got through the o.m.b. it was held upn the senate and then after all the financing had been committed to construct a

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Christopher S. Bond: building on a -- a lease-to-own basis, they decided to pull the plug. the commissioner of public buildings has assured me that the existing facility is not a fit place for the workers to work. so i have asked and i have inquired of g.s.a., kansas city needs to know what the plans are are.

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Christopher S. Bond: and as i said, a bipartisan congressional delegation has been receiving great cooperation now and we are working hard to get this resolved, and we hope to do that shortly. but before i leave the floor, i wanted to point out the fact that according to a report in the governmentecutive.com,

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Christopher S. Bond: delay on this nomination reaches back long before my informational hold, which occurred in late july. since senator reid suggested the since april, it raises a question, why wasn't she approved in april, may, june july prior to my informational hold? that was a period during which the baseball season started and

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Christopher S. Bond: stretched long past the all-star break. according to executive.com, the delay was because of concerns by senator reid that g.s.a. allow federal employees to travel to las vegas to meet, gamble, or whatever one does in vegas. now, it is important to the federal employees in kansas city that they have a building that

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Christopher S. Bond: has a roof that doesn't leak, a proposition on which g.s.a. concurs. senator reid apparently wants federalmployees to be able to visit las vegas, and certainly i want federal employees to have a good place to work. senator reid has his priorities regarding the delay on this nomination and i have mine.

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Christopher S. Bond: so he wants more vegas. i want to get the building that expected by the federal employees in kansas city. assuming the report in governmentexecutive.com is accurate, i just want to make clear at that time senate that delay in approval of this nomination has more than one father and is truly bipartisan.

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Christopher S. Bond: i ask unanimous consent to place this article in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr i yield the floor.

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Christopher S. Bond: i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding of will call the roll.