Senate Proceeding on Aug 1st, 2007 :: 0:58:06 to 0:59:26
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Speech By: Max Baucus

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Max Baucus: mr. ensign: just to be clear, this amendment funds cancer research, including pediatric, lung, breast cancer, ovarian, uterine, prostate, colon, oral, skin cancer, bone cancer, kidney cancer, liver, stopple

0:58:06 to 0:58:21( Edit History Discussion )

John Ensign: mack, bladder, any kind of cancethat you can think of, respiratory diseases, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease that we lair so much about today, tuberculosis, asthma, emphysema, all the relate

0:58:06 to 0:59:26( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: John Ensign

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John Ensign: ed problems that we see so much with smoking, cardio cardiovascular disease, huge killer in the united states, huge cost to our health care system. we're going to fund a lot more research with this money.

0:58:33 to 0:58:43( Edit History Discussion )

John Ensign: i think this money is going to some very good things in america america. things that'll benefit not just children, it'll benefit all men's. it doesn't spend the money twice twice. i pointed that

0:58:43 to 0:58:55( Edit History Discussion )

John Ensign: owvment it takes the money from the expansion and actually spends it, i believe, in more appropriate areas and then later in the bill we're going to be offering some alternatives that will make sure

0:58:55 to 0:59:03( Edit History Discussion )

John Ensign: that the kids are covered and that we'll be looking at some other alternatives to do more comprehensive care. so, mr. president, i would urge my colleagues to support this amendment. have the yeas

0:59:03 to 0:59:15( Edit History Discussion )

John Ensign: and nays haven't offered? the presiding officer: they have not. mr. ensign: i'd ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and

0:59:15 to 0:59:26( Edit History Discussion )

John Ensign: nays are ordered. mr. ensign: i would be prepared to yield back time so we can get back on conceal schedule for a 10:30 vote, if that would be okay with the manager of the bill. mr. baucus: mr.

0:59:26 to 0:59:39( Edit History Discussion )

Max Baucus: president, i won't belabor the point, but basically it goes -- the points the senator makes are very good. sure we want to do more research research. but still the effect of this amendment is to

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Speech By: Max Baucus