Sham mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from georgia. Mr. Chambliss i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with and i be allowed to speak for up to ten minutes. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Chambliss mr. President , i ask further unanimous consent that my defense fellow, major bobby j. Cox being be allowed floor privileges for the remainder of the week. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Chambliss i rise today to address the dire National Security situation and the responsibility of this body to pass a National Defense authorization bill this yearme. Congress has passed this legislation for each of the last 51 years always with broad bipartisan support. This year should be no different. Our servicemen and women are deployed around the globe in defense of our nation. To put them in harms way, to further the american principles of freedom and democracy. Yet we have failed to provide these men and women and our senior military le
But this isnt about statistics. This is about millions of real People Living real lives, who deserve the government and institutions to heed their call, and i know a republican member of this Committee Said earlier today that the people who would Lose Health Care are somehow not relevant to this hearing. I disagree. Helping this people is supposed to be why we are all here. Why we all ran for office in the first place. And im here to fight for people like felicia perez, in this is her. Felicia is a writer, a public speaker, and former High School Teacher from Southern California who now teaches at the university of nevada. She has multiple preexisting conditions including arthritis, asthma, and a rare autoimmune disorder that cause tumors that have wrapped around her optic nerve and part of her brain. Her life depends on periodic cancer fighting treatments that cost 460,000 a year. Felicia is terrified. She knows that without the Affordable Care act, she could not afford ongoing treatm
You dont respect in arent there . I have faith in this country, darn it, i have faith in politics. I believe good people can come to agreement and stop taking cheap stupid shots at each oesh. It didnt work once. It took us to civil war. But that was due to slavery. It was economic, historical. We came all to know moral. This fight is whether to implement a law that the United States congress passed, that the president of the United States signed, that the Supreme Court of the United States declared constitutional. Is it a sign of weakness for Speaker Boehner to say when he gets up in the morning, were going back to the regular american system. Sorry crazies, were going to enforce the law and move on. Jonathan martin writes for the New York Times, jonathan kay port on the washington post. Jonathan march thin, youre chuckling. Its sad. All he has to say regular order, ladies and gentlemen, were going to enforce a law that we wrote and the president signed. And he would invite a challenge
I have faith in this country. Darn it, i have faith in politics. I believe democracy works. I believe good people can come to agreement and stop taking cheap, stupid shots at each other. Okay, didnt work once. It took us to civil war. But that was about a real disagreement. Slavery. It was regional, it was economic, it was historical. It was, after all we came to know, moral. This is a over a law the congress passed, that the president of the United States signed, the Supreme Court of the United States declared constitutional. Its isnt a sign of weakness for boehner to say when he gets up in the morning were going back to the original system . Sorry crazies, were going to go back to the law and move on. Jonathan martin, youre chuckling, but its so sad. Its so sad because all he has to do is say regular order, ladies and gentlemen, were going to do what weve always done. Enforce a law we wrote and the president signed. And he would probably invite a challenge to his speakership if he wa