Senate Proceeding on Jul 16th, 2008 :: 6:40:11 to 6:42:55
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Speech By: Jeff Sessions

6:39:59 to 6:40:11( Edit History Discussion )

Jeff Sessions: d when ien proposedd it, it went in that bill, had saved 300,000 lives. professor gizelquist, whois reallyea raised that issue originally, from pennsylvania, and some others who supported this concern, believed

6:40:11 to 6:40:20( Edit History Discussion )

Joseph Biden: there are other things that needed tode be done, and they have and i haveav offered some additional legislation at this time. i thank senator biden -- i know he cares about it -- for accepting this

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Speech By: Joseph Biden

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Joseph Biden: legislation. mr. biden: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. biden: madam president, i do support the senator from alabama's initiative. i think what he has said

6:40:35 to 6:40:49( Edit History Discussion )

Joseph Biden: about the consequences and effects of what he's doing are absolutely correct. and, at the appropriate time, with the permission of the senator from indiana and in the context of a unanimous consent agreement

6:40:49 to 6:41:04( Edit History Discussion )

Joseph Biden: here, we would be prepared to accept the amendment. but we're not quite there yet. and while i have the floor, if i could say for the benefit of my colleagues and their staff who are listening as

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Joseph Biden: to the status of where we are, the senator and i think we're very close v to wrapping up an entire unanimous consent agreement which would allow us to have no more than four votes, including final

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Joseph Biden: passage. at least that's the expectation. and that we would be able to do that sometime within the next two hours. and we'd be out of here relatively early. toward that -- on that point, i want to thank

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Joseph Biden: all the senators who have had amendments for their cooperation in moving this along, i think a great deal more rapidly than anybody anticipated, at least more rapidly than i anticipated we would be

6:41:45 to 6:42:00( Edit History Discussion )

Joseph Biden: able to do. to conclude where i began, i say to the senator from alabama, i think his initiative is first rate. everything he says about the consequences of what he's talking about are absolutely

6:42:00 to 6:42:15( Edit History Discussion )

Joseph Biden: accurate, as best i know the situation. and in the context of a wrap-up unanimous consent agreement, we'll be able to handle all of this. that is the intention, senator. and i'm told in the meantime,

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Joseph Biden: if and when the senator from alabama yields the floor, that the senator from florida is looking to proceed as if in morning business for some relatively short period of time. but, with that, madam

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Joseph Biden: president, i will yield the floor and suggest --su a senator: excuse me. mr. biden: madam president, if -- i would like to ask unanimous consent that the pending amendments be set aside on behalf of senator

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vitter. and i send to the desk an amendment to the individual ter amendment and ask for its immediate consideration. -- to the vitter amendment and ask for its immediate consideration. the presiding