Senate Proceeding on Jan 21st, 2010 :: 6:23:45 to 6:27:10
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6:23:41 to 6:24:03( Edit History Discussion )

Claire McCaskill: consider making some difficult decisions to put this country on a strong footing. mr. president, absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: would the senator withhold call?

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Speech By: Claire McCaskill

6:24:04 to 6:24:25( Edit History Discussion )

Claire McCaskill: the senator from missouri. mrs. comoofl: i had no intention on speaking today, but this place has been a little strange over the last few months in terms of our ability t come together. when i heard my friend from tennessee talking about the conrad-gregg amendment, i realized we -- mrs. mccaskill. mrs. mccaskill: i wanted to

6:24:26 to 6:24:47( Edit History Discussion )

Claire McCaskill: stop and just recognize that, that it's not completely gone. there are republicans and democrats that agree on things. i couldn't agree more with my friend from tennessee. this statutory commission, i think, is our best hope at restoring fiscal sanity in this country. i think it is important that we pass it.

6:24:48 to 6:25:08( Edit History Discussion )

Claire McCaskill: i'm proud to be a cosponsor of it. there are a number of us on this side of the aisle that are cosponsors of the amendment. there are a number of republicans that are but i'm beginning to sense that there may be some political playing that's going to occur here, and it worries me. the leader, with all due respect -- i had a bipartisan moment, i will backtrack a

6:25:09 to 6:25:29( Edit History Discussion )

Claire McCaskill: little i rember the republican party announcing this was one of their priorities, and now all of a sudden we're hearing that the leader of the republican party is opposed to it. now, think about that for a minute. before the shores got rocky for democrats politically, this was

6:25:30 to 6:25:50( Edit History Discussion )

Claire McCaskill: a great idea. everybody here knows we're not going to fix this problem in regular order. everybody knows it. it's not going to happen. so we're going to we're going to continue to say deficits matter, and we're not going to do the things we've got to do to fix it. and until people begin to put

6:25:51 to 6:26:11( Edit History Discussion )

Claire McCaskill: aside politics and think about the policy that's really involved here and what it means for the future of this country, and so i imemployer my friend from tennessee to restore this as one of the priorities of the republican caucus, to prevail upon your leader hope this isn't the case, but

6:26:12 to 6:26:32( Edit History Discussion )

Claire McCaskill: the rumors are floating around that they have backed off of this as a priority the democrats do this, it's going to make them look good. we've got to quit making the failure of the other guys our success. a senator: mr. president? mrs. mccaskill: this place can't be about that.

6:26:33 to 6:26:53( Edit History Discussion )

Claire McCaskill: by the way, it happens on both sides. i'm not say a problem on the republican side of the aisle, but we really do have a place where the politics the way it's played today make it very difficult for us to come together in a bipartisan fashion , and this is a moment, this is a moment in time that this could happen, and i -- i

6:26:54 to 6:27:10( Edit History Discussion )

Claire McCaskill: imemployer my friend from -- i implore my friend from tennessee, and he is my friend. we have been here the same amount of time. we have watched all of this sometimes wowr eyes bugging out and our jaws slack as to what's going on around here and how things work. this is a te that we can come together and do something that's responsible for this country,