Senate Proceeding on May 7th, 2009 :: 1:47:15 to 2:07:15
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1:47:08 to 1:47:28( Edit History Discussion )

Carl Levin: chrysler to reconsider this terrible decision. i understand, mr. president, that tough decisions need to be made as these companies restructure themselves. but both chrysler and g.m. have received billions of american taxpayer dollars since december and the companies as well as the administration need to take steps to help ensure that those

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Speech By: Carl Levin

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Carl Levin: taxpayer dollars are being utilized for the purpose for which th and, mr. president, that is to save american jobs. american jobs! chrysler is going to close the kenosha plant as well as other domestic plants while keeping its overseas facilities open. then we need to think seriously about interest othe american

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Speech By: Judd Gregg

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Judd Gregg: taxpayer to provide continued nancial assistance to the company.

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Carl Levin: mr. president, there may still be some hope for the chrysler engine plant in kenosha and the general motors assembly plant in jasville and other american plants if the administration steps up. in my hometown, the janesville community, is waiting to hear whether or not the incentive package is presented to g.m.

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Speech By: Carl Levin

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Carl Levin: will be accepted and the kenosha community is waiting to hear whether chrysler's decision to close the kenosha plant will be reconsidered. over the years, mr. president, both the kenosha and workers have been commended for

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Judd Gregg: their productivity, their creativity and their willingness to negotiate fairly with the

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Speech By: Judd Gregg

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Carl Levin: management at and i know firsthand that both communities are great locations for retooled auto companies to thrive in the future. the first priority of any company receiving federal taxpayer assistance should be to preserve jobs within the united states. and administration and chrysler and g.m. to reexamine their

1:48:40 to 1:50:15( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Carl Levin

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Carl Levin: restructuring plans to make the preservation of u.s. jobs the top priority of these plans. i will continue to do all i can to support wisconsin's workers and local communities in their efforts both to respond to these decisions and to ensure that these auto companies prioritize saving auto manufacturing jobs in wisconsin as the

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Carl Levin: restructuring process moves forward in the coming days and weeks. i thank the president and i yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the quorum

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Carl Levin: mr. feingold: mr. preside senator from wisconsin. mr. feingold: mr. presid asthat the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. feingold: i have 12 unanimous consent requests for committees to meet during today's session of the senate. they have the approval of the majority and minority leaders. i ask unanimous consent that these requests be agreed to and that these requests be printed in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. feingold: mr. president, i suggest the absence of a the presiding officer: the

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Carl Levin: clerk will call the roll.

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quorum call:

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quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from mr. levin: mr. president, i ask further proceedings of quorum call be dispensed the presiding officer: without objection. morning business is closed. under pre will resume 454, the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar 45, s. 454,

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Carl Levin: a bill to improve the organizations and procedures of the department of defense for the acquisition of systems and for other purposes. mr. levin: mr. president, i would now send a modified murray amendment the presiding officer: the clerk will report.

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Speech By: Carl Levin

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Carl Levin: the clerk: that amendment. the clerk: the michigan mr. levin for mrs. murray proposes amendment 1052 as mr. levin: i ask that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. levin: mr. president,

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Carl Levin: senator murray proposed an amendment yesterday and spoke about it last night. it is i that when the secretary of defense looks at the question of should be continued or not, that at least the secretary would look into the impacts on the

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Carl Levin: industrial base. the amendment has been modified now in a way that acceptable. the senator from washington has put her finger on a very significant issue, which is the industrial manufacturing base of the country. but it has been plod it has been modified i a way

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Carl Levin: that would make it difficult or impossible for us to do what we need to do relativto ending the production of weapons no longer useful or so outlived the expected -- so out done the expected expense for and exceeded expense, that it is no longer

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Carl Levin: practical in terms of their continued production. she raised an important issue. it will be considered by the secretary of defense when these decisions are made. but the thrust of our bill is to make it possible to end the production of weapon systems if longer make sense or

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Carl Levin: not working effectively that the thrust of this bill is the heart of the contribution does diminish that important point of our bill. so we support that modified amendment and ask that the senate adopt it. the presiding officer: is there

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Carl Levin: further debate on the amendment? if not, all in favor aaye. -- mr. levin: aye. the presiding officer: all those opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the amendment as modified is agreed mr. levin: move to reconsider the presiding officer: without

2:03:28 to 2:03:48( Edit History Discussion )

John McCain: objection. the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: i ask for consideration of amendment 1057 by the senator from oklahoma -- by the senator coburn. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: the senator from arizona, mr. mccain, for mr. coburn proposes amendment

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Speech By: John McCain

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John McCain: 1057. mr. mccain: i ask that further reading of the amendment be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mccain: i move the amendment. the presiding officer: is there further debate. if not, all in favor say aye. those opposed no. the a ayes do have it. the amendment is agreed to. mr. mccain: move to reconsider. the presidin

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John McCain: objection. mr. mccain: mr. president, i believe -- there's a senator coming over to speak and i think that's the last speaker on this bill that i the mean time waiting for his

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Carl Levin: arrival i suggest -- mr. levin: if withhold for a moment. the presiding officer: the senator from michigan. mr. levin: i agree with him, we know of no other amendments are going to be offered. but there are one or two senators that may want to speak on either their amendment that bill itself -- adopted or on the bill itself. and we'll know that in the next few minutes.

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Speech By: Carl Levin

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Carl Levin: what we're exploring, both our cloakrooms, is whether or not we could have a vote on final passage at about -- minutes. we don't know that that is a possibility yet. if not, we would vote on final passage sometime probably early this but we're trying now to identify what the time would be for a

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Carl Levin: vote on final passage hopefully, we'll have more to say on minutes. i note the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll.