Senate Proceeding on Nov 5th, 2009 :: 7:44:05 to 7:45:40
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Barbara Mikulski: amendment. and i yield ms. mikulski: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. ms. mikulski: mr. president, what is the pending amendment? the presiding officer: amendment

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Speech By: Barbara Mikulski

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Barbara Mikulski: number 2631 is the pending amendment. ms. mikulski: mr. president, i vigorously and unabashedly oppose the coburn ament. it eliminates $9 million from a program at the national science foundation. it specifically targets the $9 million cut in the area of funding for research

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Barbara Mikulski: by political scientists. the very first american woman to win the nobel prize for economics ever has awards from the national science foundation science program offered to political science professors. it shows that -- what groundbreaking work can be done. this amendment is an attack on science.

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Barbara Mikulski: it is an attack on being a deem yavment we need full funding to keep america innovative and i urge my colleagues to vote "no" on this amendment, and, mr. president, i yield back t balance of our time and i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient

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Barbara Mikulski: who yields time in favor of the