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The presiding officer does any senator wish to vote or change their vote . If not, on the schumer amendment number 3483, it is not agreed to. 42 aye, 54 nay. A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from ohio. Mr. Portman mr. President , i rise today to urge my colleagues in the house of representatives to pass the legislation we passed here in the senate a few weeks ago called the comprehensive addiction and recovery act, or cara. We passed it on march 10. That was 27 days ago, almost a month. Every day we lose about 120 americans, they say, to drug overdoses. That means du...

Quorum call a senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from mississippi. A senator may i request, are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are. Mr. Wicker i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Wicker mr. President and my fellow colleagues, i once again come to the floor to talk about alzheimers and the efforts being made in this country and in this senate and in this city to find a cure and to find better treatments for the scourge of alzheimers. As many of you know, this is the most expensive disease o...

Board. [applause] thank you very much. It is my pleasure to introduce a number of great winners to the Pulitzer Prizes tonight. Let me take a moment of personal privilege to recognize one of my predecessors both as the chair of the Tampa Bay Times company and of the Pulitzer Prize, andy barnes is with us. [applause] our purpose here this evening is to say happy birthday to the Pulitzer Prizes. They turn 100 years old this year, which is older than anybody in this room, i believe. [laughter] this is a great tribute to a robust and resilient american institution. So, lets also say thank you to J...

Are lucky to have him here. A russian liberal journalist, tv host, and filmmaker. He is editor in chief of multimedia projects around the world. He is the host of a monthly talkshow, a roundtable. Chief of the National Geographic travelers, russian edition. He received a number of professional awards. This was not shown on russian tv. 2002 through 2004, he was host of the 25th hour, which was suspended eventually. Political advisor to mikael prokhorov. , he serves as a member of the president ial council for Civil Society and human rights. Last, but not least, nikolai zlobin, the founder of cg...

Important. A matter of who is occupying that ninth seat in the Supreme Court. It has to do with how we as a thecracy operate, and particular authority that a court has to bring in order for work. Mocracy to that was a really long answer. [laughter] others will not be as long. [laughter] let me ask you about that, mr. President. This point . Et to you hear sometimes that the problem is the Supreme Court has into political issues, and so of course it gets inmeshed in politics. Court has been controversial almost from the jeffersonansom the attack on the martial courts. And we havent had this bef...