Senate Proceeding on Sep 29th, 2008 :: 2:10:22 to 2:12:47
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Speech By: Pete Domenici

2:10:12 to 2:10:22( Edit History Discussion )

Pete Domenici: on one thing -- we should pass this. mr. domenici: i understand. mr. reid: both agree. there is eight two leaders, senator mcconnell and i, have done what we can to move -- advance this program forward.

2:10:22 to 2:10:36( Edit History Discussion )

Patrick Leahy: i have no doubt that it will pass the senate. we'll wait to see what happens in the house. but i have no doubtful a pass the senate. mr. leahy: mr. president, would the majority leader yield? mr. reid:

2:10:22 to 2:12:47( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Patrick Leahy

2:10:36 to 2:10:49( Edit History Discussion )

Patrick Leahy: i would be happy to. mr. leahy: i have seen the vote count. i know it'll pass the senate. but i would urge senators, let's not be stampeded into things without even reading it. this is the investigation into

2:10:49 to 2:11:02( Edit History Discussion )

Patrick Leahy: the firing of the u.s. attorneys , one of the greatest scandals to hit the department of justice. this came about because we rushed through on a piece of legislation at the last minute. they slipped

2:11:02 to 2:11:12( Edit History Discussion )

Patrick Leahy: a little provision in. it was on the basis of the administration saying "trust us ." and they manipulated it. people probably will eventually go to jail because of this. millions of dollarser --

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Patrick Leahy: millions of dollars of investigations are going on because of this. keep in mind, 10 days ago we were asked to pass something immediately because of the urgency. the world is falling. the sky is falling.

2:11:26 to 2:11:40( Edit History Discussion )

Patrick Leahy: and it said, we will give the secretary of the treasury carte blanche to do anything he wants. it cannot be reviewed by any court, any person, any administrative body, and they insisted that is the only

2:11:40 to 2:11:54( Edit History Discussion )

Patrick Leahy: thing -- the only thing -- the administration could accept. well, after, as pointed out by myself and others, that meant he could actually write himself a check for $700 billion and nobody could

2:11:54 to 2:12:09( Edit History Discussion )

Patrick Leahy: ask about it. when a number of these things came out, they suddenly realized, yes, i guess they could make changes. we sat in a meeting, all of the senators, with the secretary of the treasury and the

2:12:09 to 2:12:22( Edit History Discussion )

Patrick Leahy: head of the -- and chairman bernanke, the head of the federal ressments i remember asking a question, a simple question. they went around, around, around, around, and never answered. two days later they

2:12:22 to 2:12:36( Edit History Discussion )

Patrick Leahy: finally answered it. let's take time to read what we're voting on for the sake of this country and realizing what happened when we were stampeded into voting something before because the sky was

2:12:36 to 2:12:47( Edit History Discussion )

Patrick Leahy: falling. i thank the leader. a senator: will the leader yield for a question? mr. reid: i would be happy to yield. mr. salazar: the majority leader, when only ten days ago we were asked to give a

2:12:47 to 2:12:58( Edit History Discussion )

Ken Salazar: $700 billion blank check to the secretary of the treasury because the sky was falling, i think the majority leader, working in a bipartisan way, did the right thing in terms of standing up against that stampede

2:12:47 to 2:14:11( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Ken Salazar