Senate Proceeding on Mar 2nd, 2009 :: 0:57:05 to 0:58:55
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Jon Kyl: going to have exactly this behavior that's

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Speech By: Thad Cochran

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Thad Cochran: going to mortgage their future and it's not just the dollars, it's the misdirection of funds against a standard that commonsense would say is not a priority now. we ought to be doing what's most important for this country first and what's most important for the politicians last. this bill's got it wrong. it's get it -- i can't say that

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Thad Cochran: word here. but it's got it backwards. i told the majority leader a moment a to make sure we didn't obstruct but i tell you what should haen, we should obstruct this bill. we should stop this bill. based on the waste that's in it,

0:57:51 to 0:58:15( Edit History Discussion )

Thad Cochran: the lack of oversight, the lack of oversight, the earmarks, and the outright greed for the special class in ts country -- and that special class is the connected class to the politicians. thathat's who bill.

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Thad Cochran: it makes me want to vomit. you should worry about process in this chamber because process is the thing that creates transparency, and people are going to get a "-- get to see if we get an opportunity to offer amendments, what's really in this bill. and so i'll finis

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Thad Cochran: saying i wonder what the senators before us 50 and 100 years ago would going on with process in this chamber right now. you've got the votes to defeat anything, and yet you don't want to have an amendment that you have to take a vote on that says