Senate Proceeding on Sep 27th, 2008 :: 4:07:41 to 4:09:37
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Speech By: Thad Cochran

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Thad Cochran: i'm going to wrap up now in one minute and yield back the rest of my time because i know the senators are anxious for a vote. i couldn't think of a better way to end than with an endorsement from the senior

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Mary Landrieu: senator from mississippi. he and i and his colleague before him, trent lott, have been through the mill, as they say at home, with these storms. and we fought shoulder to shoulder, side by side,

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Speech By: Mary Landrieu

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Mary Landrieu: and we've had disagreements but we continue to work on behalf of the people of mississippi and louisiana and the gulf coast. we've said often, he and i have come to the floor to say, this is america's

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Mary Landrieu: working coast. we're america's energy coast. we are a breadbasket in our farming community for rice, cotton, sugar cane, and corn. and i really appreciate his support. i will be pleased to add him

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Mary Landrieu: as a cosponsor. and again, i want the senate to understand, i would not have taken this time and i do not take it lightly. i'm not here complaining about something that only affects louisiana, although

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Mary Landrieu: that would be meritorious enough. but i'm here saying that we cannot talk about a bailout of $700 billion for wall street and zero for the rest of america, particularly our farmers. and i yield back

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Mary Landrieu: the time. the presiding officer: is all time yielded back? if all time is yielded barks the question is now on the motion to -- yielded back, the question is now on the motion to concur. i ask for the