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Unidentified Speaker
GOOD MORNING. I AM LAMAR ALEXANDER. THIS IS MY COLLEAGUE. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU. I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AND THEN I WILL INTRODUCE SENATOR CORKER. WHEN...
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| 00:03:06 |
Unidentified Speaker
THANK YOU, LAMAR. IT IS A TREMENDOUS PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH LAMAR, WHO WAS A GREAT GOVERNOR AND A GREAT SENATOR AND SOMEONE WHO BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE...
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| 00:06:54 |
Unidentified Speaker
HAS DROPPED FOR THE FOURTH OR FIFTH DAY IN A ROW. IF CONGRESS IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THESE TAX CUTS RIGHT AFTER JANUARY 1, WHAT IS THE HOLDUP...
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| 00:07:13 |
Unidentified Speaker
ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MAY HAPPEN LATER TODAY, BUT FOR OVER A MONTH BOTH OF US HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET US TO PIVOT AWAY FROM THIS ISSUE AND DEAL WITH...
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| 00:08:24 |
Unidentified Speaker
IN TWO YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE OTHER PARTY ABOUT THE ISSUES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW. WHY DID ALL OF THESE CLOSED- BOARD MEETINGS AND...
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| 00:08:47 |
Unidentified Speaker
TWO WORDS -- PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP. I HOPE THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA, NOW THAT HE IS ELECTED, WILL DO AS GOOD A JOB IN TACKLING TOUGH ISSUES AS HE DID IN...
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| 00:10:53 |
Unidentified Speaker
ADD TO THAT. TO GET BACK, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING LAMAR JUST SAID, BUT THERE IS A TREMENDOUS DERELICTION OF DUTY HERE. YOU HAVE A CONGRESS THAT HAS...
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| 00:12:51 |
Unidentified Speaker
IT INCREASED RATES ON THOSE MAKING MORE THAN $250,000 A YEAR? >> THERE IS A DISCUSSION
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| 00:13:01 |
Unidentified Speaker
TO HAVE AN OPEN AMENDMENT PROCESS. THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT A WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE THAT YOU BROUGHT UP EARLIER, WHICH IS REVENUES, AT...
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| 00:13:43 |
Unidentified Speaker
SAID THEY HAVE ALREADY ACTED. NOW IT IS THE DEMOCRATS' TURN TO ACT. IS THERE A SENSE THAT COULD BACKFIRE IN THAT SOMETHING COULD GET THROUGH THE SENATE...
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| 00:13:59 |
Unidentified Speaker
I CANNOT PREDICT WHAT THE HOUSE WILL DO OR DEAL WITH HYPOTHETICALS. THE WAY OUR SYSTEM IS SUPPOSED TO WORK AS THE PRESIDENT IS SUPPOSED TO MAKE A PROPOSAL,...
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| 00:15:12 |
Unidentified Speaker
ENDS TODAY, IF THERE IS A PROPOSAL PUT ON THE TABLE, WE'RE HEARING ABOUT SMALLER-SCALE PROPOSALS TO GET ENOUGH REPUBLICAN SUPPORT IN THE SENATE, AND...
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| 00:15:38 |
Unidentified Speaker
LET SENATOR MCCONNELL AND OTHERS MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT TODAY AND HAVE THEM TALK ABOUT THAT IN PRIVATE. PROBABLY THE MEETING THAT HAPPENS TODAY IS...
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| 00:17:25 |
Unidentified Speaker
IS A QUESTION, BUT YOUR PROPOSAL IS OVER A 10-YEAR PERIOD. YET A TRILLION-DOLLAR INCREASE IN THE DEBT CEILING WILL NOT EVEN LAST A YEAR. AT BEST. >>
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| 00:17:45 |
Unidentified Speaker
RIGHT. >> DO YOU KNOW WHATEVER
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| 00:17:47 |
Unidentified Speaker
YOU PROPOSE CUTS TO MEDICARE THAT EVERYBODY GETS OUT OF THIS -- [INDISCERNBILE] THE SPENDING PROBLEM HERE IN WASHINGTON, CAN YOU TELL US -- >> THERE...
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| 00:17:59 |
Unidentified Speaker
A GOOD PRECEDENT THAT HAS BEEN SET A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WHERE FOR EVERY DOLLAR OF THAT INCREASE -- DEBT INCREASE THERE WAS A DOLLAR IN SPENDING REDUCTION....
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| 00:19:39 |
Unidentified Speaker
I HAVE A SIGNAL WE HAVE TO GO VOTE, BUT LET ME SAY THIS. WHAT SENATOR CORKER HAS DONE IN THIS PROPOSAL ABOUT HELPING MEDICARE BECOME SOLVENT IS WHAT...
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| 00:21:17 |
Unidentified Speaker
WOULD NEVER DISAGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE, I AGREE IT TAKES PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. >> SENATOR
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.