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The presiding officer the senator from rhode island. Mr. Whitehouse mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that any pending quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Whitehouse thank you, mr. President. Its nice to see the distinguished senator in the chair presiding. Im not sure in my 183 time to wake up speeches ive had yet had the pleasure of speaking while the presiding officer was presiding. I am here to wake up to the corporate capture of congress and this administration, the capture of governance by the fossil fuel industry that keeps us from honestly addressing Climate Change. There is a saying that personnel is policy personnel is policies. Well, well, the trump personnel for positions at the Environmental Protection agency reflect a policy to undo the Public Welfare mission of the agency and align it with the special interests of the fossil fuel industry. There is a word for that. It is called corruption, at least as the Founding Fathers knew the
Someone that quite frankly is not an enemy of the Financial Community by any means, but his boat, his voice, thats where all of this is really being tracked very carefully on political operative meetings at the 200 pennsylvania. David we are waiting for Mitch Mcconnell to speak and we will bring him as soon as he begins. Michael mckee, what do republicans want to do . Theres also with the senate has to do. The nonelective stuff, funding, thats looming large as we get closer to let the timber 30 deadline. Mike they have to get a 2018 budget in place. They dont have to, but if they want to tax reform, they need to put that reconciliation vehicle in, the parliamentary way of getting a vote on tax reform without having to go to a 60 vote majority. They really need to get that done in their window is until september 30, when the government has to be funded. They also have to do something about the debt ceiling and they have to do something about funding the government, whether its a continu
Someone that quite frankly is not an enemy of the Financial Community by any means, but his boat, his voice, thats where all of this is really being tracked very carefully on political operative meetings at the 200 pennsylvania. David we are waiting for Mitch Mcconnell to speak and we will bring him as soon as he begins. Michael mckee, what do republicans want to do . Theres also with the senate has to do. The nonelective stuff, funding, thats looming large as we get closer to let the timber 30 deadline. Mike they have to get a 2018 budget in place. They dont have to, but if they want to tax reform, they need to put that reconciliation vehicle in, the parliamentary way of getting a vote on tax reform without having to go to a 60 vote majority. They really need to get that done in their window is until september 30, when the government has to be funded. They also have to do something about the debt ceiling and they have to do something about funding the government, whether its a continu
Someone that quite frankly is not an enemy of the Financial Community by any means, but his boat, his voice, thats where all of this is really being tracked very carefully on political operative meetings at the 200 pennsylvania. David we are waiting for Mitch Mcconnell to speak and we will bring him as soon as he begins. Michael mckee, what do republicans want to do . Theres also with the senate has to do. The nonelective stuff, funding, thats looming large as we get closer to let the timber 30 deadline. Mike they have to get a 2018 budget in place. They dont have to, but if they want to tax reform, they need to put that reconciliation vehicle in, the parliamentary way of getting a vote on tax reform without having to go to a 60 vote majority. They really need to get that done in their window is until september 30, when the government has to be funded. They also have to do something about the debt ceiling and they have to do something about funding the government, whether its a continu