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The field of vaccine research, was recruited in 1947 by the university of pittsburgh to be the director of Virus Research and to work on finding a polio vaccine. His work caught the attention of basil oconnor, the president of the National Foundation for infantile paralysis now known as the march of Dimes Foundation. The organization decided to fund dr. Jonas salks work to fund a vaccine against polio. For five years dr. Salk worked tirelessly on this effort while the country donated their dimes...

The poor, elderly, and most of our liberal in our society pursed first. At a time when indiana is doing all it can to grow its economy the epa proposal proposed that it will slow our economic progress in raise peoples utility bills. In indiana, we are obviously concerned about the Economic Impact of the proposed rules on business and consumers, but we have also filed that he one pages of technical comments. We want to make sure the rule does not result in unintended consequences such as reduced ...

Tomorrow. Theyre working in places like the rock island ars knell. These arsenal. These are men and women who make the armaments America Needs to be safe. The same thing will happen at the Great Lakes Naval training station. Thats the relet. I was briefed this afternoon because of my responsibilities on the Appropriations Committee about the impact of the Government Shutdown on the intelligence agencies of the United States. Im not at liberty to give a number, but it is an amazingly large percen...

The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, our stronghold and defense, your judgments and will are perfect, so we place our trust in you. Thank you for the privilege of speaking to you in daily prayer. Forgive us when our prayers are so other worldly they are no earthly good. Forgive us also when we put politics ahead of progress. Lord, strengthen our senators today, helping them to not throw away their confidence in you. Inspire them to persevere in seeking to do your will, knowing that your promis...

Vote vote the presiding officer are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote . If not, the ayes are 96, the nays are 0. The nomination is confirmed. Under the previous order, the question is on the ellis nomination. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The nomination is confirmed. Mrs. Boxer mr. President , move to reconsider. The presiding officer under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are consi...

Economy and create jobs and remove all doubt, remove all doubt in the full faith and credit in the United States of america. Every time you come to this floor its a question, why are we here . We are here to do the peoples work. Lets sit down. Get it done. And move forward. Instead of filling the agenda however worthy some of those initiatives may be, instead of not along with passing a middle income tax this is also reminiscent of a year ago. The president proposed, the house and senate, democr...

Package had been lost. He indicates he now suffers from several Health Conditions as a result and has been informed that the v. A. Denies his benefits. A veteran from hutchinson indicated that hes been fighting with the v. A. For seven years on appeal. So hes got something pending with the v. A. Theyve provided him an answer that is unsatisfactory and he is appealing that decision. Claims the v. A. Continues to ignore the evidence he provides and intentionally attempts to drag out his appeal pro...

Do they enroll their children in the school where they are now or assume theyll be confirmed by then and look at enrolling them in the country in which theyll be serving . Why are we putting people who are serving their country through that type of uncertainty and anxiety . But we are. We are, by failing to move in a timely way the nominations that have been brought forward to us. Ill just mention one other example. I started with the hearing that i chaired today on behalf of the Senate Foreign ...

Gets used for corporations and the wealthy. Thats not a guess, by the way. That is the way the republican budget budget is structured. Thats their budget numbers. Awful it to lower all of it to lower tax rates for corporations and the rich. Theyre willing to spread the wealth around, as long as it stays in the same hands. Were at the gates of ali babas cave, this special treasuretrove of earmarks for the rich and connected. Were at that place where the lobbyistists queel the special x deals. Wer...

Im not sure that they really realize that more people are going to be hurt by this, especially seniors who do not fall in that doughnut hole anymore. I fell in that with my husband who is terminally ill. Because we fell in that doughnut hole, a onemonth, we had to come up with 2000 for his medication to keep him alive. If we had the bill in play, i would not have had to come up with that money. You can imagine that 2000 out. F one months income yes, it was december. , january, we would have gott...