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In income. So instead of standing in the corner and figuring out how to bring a trade bill to the floor they ought to be fixing equal pay for equal work, they ought to be fixing Student Loans for our students, they ought to be passing a highway bill, they ought to be increasing the minimum wage, and they ought to deal with currency fairness because our trading partners, they play with their currency in order to push forward their products. But oh, no. That is not on the agenda. We could have an agenda for a vibrant middle class but instead of that, we are moving toward a trade bill. Now, i kno...

The funding does not come from congress. It comes from transfers. This is 600 million without congressional oversight over the agencies fund. Congressional oversight is a constitutional function. This agency has proven it is not a good steward for expenses. A prime example, the cost overruns of the headquarters currently. Inspector general estimated a cost overrun of that renovation. Current estimates put it at 600 per foot. That is more per square foot than the cost to build the bellagio casino. I enter it in for consideration. Thank you. Mr. Chairman. Senator enzi sanders. Senator sanders i ...

Senator voice vote unless there is an objection. Those in favor say aye. Opposed. Accepted. Senator staben nows will be next and changed her amendment and ask that to be next. Senator sanders are you waiting . Senator stabenow we made a small change. If you would like to senator small change. See if we can comply with that. Longterm spending. Senator i hope we have that continued bipartisan spirit that information is a good thing if we are going to solve a problem we have to define it properly and we have it. My amendment is pretty simple. Weve got the chart up on the big screen again that the...

Its a makes them able to better perform their mission. As A Justin Sapp talked about, there is a number of basic skills that we want our soldiers to be able to do. We want them to able to shoot and hit a target. They want them to be able to maneuver in environments. Those are the essentials of any military operation. When you overlay that on top of the complex world we live in, we want our soldiers to be able to operate and decide it is not whether youre going to hit the target, it is whether you should shoot or not shoot. The able to make decisions rapidly in a complex environment. That is wh...

The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber who wish to vote or to change a vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 72, the nays 26. And the motion to concur in the house amendment to the Senate Amendment to h. R. 3547 is agreed to. Under the previous order, the clerk will report ms. Mikulski i move to reconsider. I move to lay on the table. The presiding officer without objection. Under the previous order, the clerk will report h. Con. Res. 74. Under the previous order, the concurrent the clerk h. Con. Res. 74, concurrent resolution providing for a correction in the enrollme...