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A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from oklahoma. Mr. Coburn i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer is there objection . Without objection. Mr. Coburn and i ask unanimous consent to speak for at least five minutes. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Coburn first of all, id like to spend a few minutes just talking about my colleague and chairman of the Homeland Security and the Government Affairs committee. The last two years has been a real pleasure on my part and grown to have a great friendship with the chairman of ...

Assembled. Thank you. To the Standing Committees on banking and milcon, you have served our nation well and i know that you will continue to do so in the future. Thank you for your leadership on important issues. Im looking forward to the years ahead and the time that we will share. To my wife barbara and our three children, thank you for your unwavering support, for putting up with late night dinners, for accepting that my work demanded that i was away so many weekends and for working side by side with me on challenging campaigns. Without your understanding, love, and support, i could not hav...

And whether you are black or white, if you get arrested and charged with a felony crime for doing some things that the last three president s of the United States admitted to doing, if you are arrested for that, tried and convicted and i say tried because with hesitancy because the majority of them are plea bargains as the president knows, if you get convicted of that felony offense for that nonviolent drug offense, the collateral consequences to your life are horrendous. We now live in a nation where the chat rail consequences are profound. The collateral consequences are profund. Time behind...

Personal care brings this planet, and the entire universe into existence by your creative word. May we not lose our capacity for wonder, to listen and care for your creation. It is wisdom and contemplation that allow us to read the signs of the times. You put these signs in our hearts through music and dance, poetry and prose, arts and sciences. We thank you as day begins, and the energies of your daughters and sons are focused on the days business. Inspire those here assembled with the gifts of peace and justice, as your word inspires them to courage and compassion for all. Amen. The presiden...

Step as nasa still has low confidence, 30 that it can meet the earlier date. Going forward, we have short and longterm concerns about nasas human Space Exploration programs. In the short term the programs are entering the most risky phases of development. There are still technical hurdles to overcome. Particularly with the orion spacecraft which is addressing challenges with the parachute system and heat shield among others. There is also considerable development and testing ahead for orion in terms of the human support systems. Meanwhile, sos is continuing to pursue the earlier launch dates o...