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Administration doesnt want the American People to see. The president S Health Care law has been a failure, cant be fixed just by delaying one more part or by sending out the spin doctors one more time or by having one more press conference. I hope that when we return after the new year that president obama and democrats in congress will be ready to sit down with republicans to talk about real Bipartisan Solutions that puts patients and families first. Thank you, madam president. I yield the floor. Note the absence of a quorum. The presiding officer the clerk will call the roll. The presiding officer the senator from oklahoma. Mr. Coburn i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Coburn i wanted to spend a few minutes talking about the bill that were going to be voting on this afternoon. Im in my 10th year starting my 10th year in the senate and during that period of time, my numberone goal in coming to the senate was to try to righ
This book . We have all been concerned how contentiousness and vicious the confirmation process has gotten over the years. A first i was trying to figure out how much has changed is it more importantly, like, but looking through the data one of the most obvious things is it is getting more difficult on average for judicial nominees to the federal courts, it particularly has got much more difficult for the very brightest and the most influential of these to get on the court. Just a couple of numbers to summarize if you look at nominee is of the federal Circuit Court prep although the Supreme Court, for those who went to the top than law school and graduated of the law review at the top of their class, those nominees took 65 percent maunder to get to the confirmation process then someone who did not go to a top law school. Even a better way to measure the influence hatter to other judges rely on the opinions that they bright . If anything it is the impact if you look at the federal Circu
Additional aid to a fragile ukrainian economy. As secretary kerry, former senator kenry, john kerry, he wants this aid that is in our bill now. But he also wanted what was in our bill, i. M. F. Funding. He said if i cant get both the most important thing we do now is the funding that is in our bill and hes probably right. We already know theres been many signals from the house that they wouldnt accept i. M. F. The republican leader said that he was concerned about the i. M. F. So i am really pleased that the sanctions inside this legislation i hope will pass on thursday is something that is going to help ukraine. Im confident it will. Sanctions inside ukraine and russia wilil undermine ukraines sovereignty and stability, as far as im concerned, well have more legislation on this in the nottoodistant future. As far as im concerned i think there should be more sanctions we look at. I think they need more aid. I heard on the sunday shows, republican senator ayotte and democratic senator d
Out of the chain of command. I wont even bother without. What im am saying, and i say as passionately as i came to my colleagues, that if we do not trust the Commanding Officers who take our young men and women into battle, our most precious asset, if we dont trust them, then we obviously have better reevaluate our entire structure of the military. But i do trust them, mr. President. I do trust them. The finest people ive ever known in my life are those we have given, who will work their way up to positions of authority and command to a very severe screen process. If they make mistakes, can we find an example for a case where the right thing was not done . Of course we can. Theres no way nowhere in a society where we cant find examples of people having not done the right thing. Today im embarrassed that Navy Officers were involved in some kind of bribery scheme about overseas ships. And from time to time we are embarrassed by leaders of her military, but they are the exception and not