Concurrent Resolution on the Budget, Fiscal Year 2016

Floor Speech

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Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Rhode Island is the very proud location of some of the best universities in the country. We have very high university density in our small State. We have everything from Brown University in Providence, to our wonderful State universities led by the University of Rhode Island, to leading Catholic colleges such as Providence College and Salve Regina in Newport, RI. To support kids in getting their college educations and to bring down the cost is a priority for us in Rhode Island. I am proud to cosponsor this amendment.

I yield back any further time.

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Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, just to get things in order here, I ask unanimous consent that first Senator Paul be recognized to call up an amendment and then after that, that Senator Wyden be recognized to call up an amendment and for 3 minutes; that Senator Coons be recognized to call up an amendment and for 3 minutes; that Senator Baldwin be recognized to call up an amendment and for 2 minutes; that Senator Manchin be recognized to call up an amendment and for 3 minutes; and then I be recognized to call up an amendment.

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Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Just a clarification. As I understand it, the order I asked will be the order on the Democratic side. There will be an interspersing of Republicans as they come to the floor, but everybody is going to be kept to 2 or 3 minutes rather than there being long speeches because if someone is going to give a long speech, they should go to the end. We are just trying to call up a lot of amendments quickly.

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