Senate Proceeding on Nov 29th, 2011 :: 0:28:40 to 0:31:35
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0:28:36 to 0:28:57( Edit History Discussion )

Mark Pryor: clarifies congressional intent to ensure that service members who live in the area or in the vicinity of their traing site can return home to their families in the evening without losing benefits. again, they are on orders, they remain on orders. this doesn't change anything along those lines. it just clarifies congressional intent. this is a gray area.

0:28:40 to 0:31:35( Edit History Discussion )
Speech By: Mark Pryor

0:28:58 to 0:29:20( Edit History Discussion )

Mark Pryor: we're trying to clarify the congressional intent. this amendment will not bring back their father and their husband, but it will get them the benefits that they are entitled to. i think that we can do better for our soldiers' families, and when you look at miranda,

0:29:21 to 0:29:42( Edit History Discussion )

Mark Pryor: miller, maclin, larkin and landis luke in this photograph, you know that this is a very patriotic family and this is a group of people that should be compensated for his loss. abraham lincoln once said to care for him, he shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, and those

0:29:43 to 0:30:03( Edit History Discussion )

Mark Pryor: words apply in this instance. he was serving his country to the fullest and he should be granted the benefits associated with death of a service member. and i'm fighting on behalf of him and for his families and for others in a similarly situated circumstance, where we clarify that when you're on orders when you're doing your national guard

0:30:04 to 0:30:24( Edit History Discussion )

Mark Pryor: training, you are entitled to the benefit wherever you happen to be laying your head down that particular night. mr. president, one last word on this. we don't know exactly how much this will cost, but it will not be very much money. someone estimated -- i don't think it's an official c.b.o. score, but someone estimated it

0:30:25 to 0:30:45( Edit History Discussion )

Mark Pryor: would probably cost $1 million -- that's with an "m" -- over ten years. $1 million over ten years. this is budget dust. this is so small, it's almost laughable. but it's so meaningful to this family and maybe others that in the future will find themselves in this situation.

0:30:46 to 0:31:06( Edit History Discussion )

Mark Pryor: i'd like to ask my colleagues to consider supporting the pryor amendment. it's amendment number 1151, and would love to work with the bill managers here to see if we might be able to get it into a managers' package and/or if we have to, request a roll call vote on this. mr. president, with that, yield the floor and i suggest

0:31:07 to 0:31:17( Edit History Discussion )

Mark Pryor: the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll.