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Committee on ways and means now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. The previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill as amended and on any amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except, one, three hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the committee on ways and means and, two, one motion to recommit with or without instructions. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas is recognized for one hour. Mr. Burgess mr. Speaker, for the purposes of debate only, i yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from new york, ms. Slaughter, pending which i yield myself such time as i may consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Burgess during consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate only. Mr ....
Pension committee be granted floor privileges for todays session. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Harkin mr. President , i want to take a time this morning to talk about an issue that has been brewing for a long time, is going to be coming to a head here in the senate sometime in the next several days, i hope, and its one which compels us, compels us to do something. And that is to raise the minimum wage in the United States of america. Mr. President , we have waited too long to do this, and so we have to act on it as soon as possible. So id just like to point out some of the data and some of the statistics confronting us right now. First of all, why should anyone be afraid of voting to raise the minimum wage . The American People are way ahead of us on this. You look at the polling data. To increase raising the minimum wage to 10. 10 an hour, all voters, 73 demo ....
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Mr. Booker madam president . The presiding officer the senator from new jersey. Mr. Booker i rise to speak today the presiding officer the senate is in a quorum call. Mr. Booker please, would the senate please dispense with the quorum call. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Boomer thank you very much. I rise to speak on an amendment i filed on the appropriations bill that this chamber is now considering. The amendment is cosponsored by senators rockefeller, feinstein, menendez, schumer, blumenthal, gillibrand, markey, warren and brown. I also ask unanimous consent to add as cosponsors, senator durbin, senator boxer, senator hirono, senator murphy and senator schatzment. The presiding officer without schatz senator schatz. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Boomer ow amendment woulerd enhance rules that reduce driver fatigue. This bill rolls back enforcement of these rules, rules that are based on years of Sci ....