Senator Dorgan on the Burn Pits in Iraq and Afghanistan

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November 6, 2009

SENATOR BYRON DORGAN (D-ND) -- Close the Burn Pits to Protect Soldiers. Interview following a DPC hearing on 11/6/09 (0:40). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BLANCHE LINCOLN (D-AR) -- Why Do Burn Pits Continue? Interview following a DPC hearing on 11/6/09 (01:57). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR JON TESTER (D-MT) -- Stop Use of Burn Pits Immediately. Interview following a DPC hearing on 11/6/09 (01:02). Click here to view this video.

November 5, 2009

SENATOR BYRON DORGAN (D-ND) Previews DPC Hearing on Burn Pits. (0:43). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR MICHAEL BENNET (D-CO) -- Too Many Families Have to Fight for Coverage. Senate floor speech on 11/5/09 (02:04). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR MARK UDALL (D-CO) -- System Should Reward Quality of Care, Not Volume. Senate floor speech on 11/5/09 (01:31). Click here to view this video.

November 3, 2009

SENATOR TOM HARKIN (D-IA) -- Arbitrary and Discriminatory Health Insurance Practices Harm Small Businesses. HELP Committee hearing on 11/3/09 (01:15). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR SHERROD BROWN (D-OH) -- Health Insurance Status Quo Harms Small Business Job Growth. Senate floor speech on 11/3/09 (0:44). Click here to view this video.

November 2, 2009

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- How Long Will We Tolerate Health Insurance Company Mistreatment of American People? Senate floor speech on 11/2/09 (01:35). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-CA) -- Health Insurance Premiums Increased Four Times Faster Than Wages from 1999–2007. Senate floor speech on 11/2/09 (01:31). Click here to view this video.

October 29, 2009

SENATOR BEN CARDIN (D-MD) -- Health Insurance Reform Will Help Middle Income Families. Senate floor speech on 10/29/09 (01:24). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR MAX BAUCUS (D-MT) -- Extending Unemployment Benefits Helps Communities as Well as Individuals. Senate floor speech on 10/29/09 (0:33). Click here to view this video.

October 28, 2009

SENATOR ROBERT MENENDEZ (D-NJ) -- Story of Troubled Times is in Families’ Faces. Senate floor speech on 10/28/09 (01:09). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR JEANNE SHAHEEN (D-NH) -- Prevention and Wellness Focus Will Lower Health Care Costs. Senate floor speech on 10/28/09 (01:35). Click here to view this video.

October 27, 2009

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- What Health Insurance Reform is All About. Senate floor speech on 10/27/09 (01:42). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BYRON DORGAN (D-ND) -- One Serious Illness Away from Bankruptcy. Senate floor speech on 10/27/09 (0:39). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR PAUL KIRK (D-MA) -- First Senate Speech by Kirk Carries Forward Kennedy Torch for Health Reform. Senate floor speech on 10/27/09 (01:01). Click here to view this video.

October 26, 2009

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- GOP Has No Plan, Just Says No on Health Insurance Reform. Senate floor speech on 10/26/09 (01:28). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) -- Put an End to Reckless, Excessive Wall Street Bonuses. Senate floor speech on 10/26/09 (01:25). Click here to view this video.

October 22, 2009

SENATOR SHERROD BROWN (D-OH) -- Health Insurance Reform Bill Will Help People Who Work Hard, Play By the Rules. Senate floor speech on 10/22/09 (01:29). Click here to view this video.

October 21, 2009

SENATOR MARK WARNER (D-VA) -- What If We Don’t Act On Health Insurance Reform? Senate floor speech on 10/21/09 (01:37). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR MICHAEL BENNET (D-C0) -- Goldilocks Health Insurance System? Senate floor speech on 10/21/09 (01:23). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR MARK BEGICH (D-AK) -- Economic Recovery and Health Reform Go Hand in Hand. Senate floor speech on 10/21/09 (01:22). Click here to view this video.

October 20, 2009

SENATOR PATTY MURRAY (D-WA) -- Important for Government to Be There for Families in Tough Financial Times. Senate floor speech on 10/20/09 (01:03). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- Unemployment is Reality of Recession. Senate floor speech on 10/20/09 (01:14). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI (D-MA) – Extending Ryan White Act Reminds Us of What Can Be Accomplished When We Work Together. Senate floor speech on 10/20/09 (01:43). Click here to view this video.

October 19, 2009

SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) -- Republican Plan: Support Status Quo, Trip Up Health Reform. Senate floor speech on 10/19/09 (01:34). Click here to view this video.

October 14, 2009

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- Health Insurance Industry Leads Opposition to Health Insurance Reform. Senate floor speech on 10/14/09 (01:17). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR TOM HARKIN (D-IA) -- Prevention and Wellness Will Save Health Care Dollars. Senate floor speech on 10/14/09 (01:17). Click here to view this video.

October 13, 2009

SENATOR ROBERT MENENDEZ (D-NJ) -- Insurance Companies Play 11th Hour Fear Card, Proof We’re On the Right Track. Finance Committee meeting on 10/13/09 (01:05). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR MAX BAUCUS (D-MT) -- Chairman Baucus Reacts to Finance Committee Passage of Health Insurance Reform Bill. Interview on 10/13/09 (0:43). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BILL NELSON (D-FL) -- Reform Bill On Track to Make Health Care Available and Affordable to All Americans. Interview on 10/13/09 (01:00). Click here to view this video.

October 9, 2009

SENATOR PATTY MURRAY (D-WA) -- Broken Health Insurance System Costs Young Mom Her Life. Senate floor speech on 10/8/09 (01:18). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR KAY HAGAN (D-NC) -- Current Health Insurance System Discriminates Against Mothers. Senate floor speech on 10/8/09 (01:22). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR DEBBIE STABENOW (D-MI) -- Stop Health Insurance Discrimination Against Women and Provide Better Access to Health Care. Senate floor speech on 10/8/09 (01:28). Click here to view this video.

October 8, 2009

SENATOR KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND (D-NY) -- Outrageous Health Insurance Coverage Discrimination Against Women. Senate floor speech on 10/8/09 (01:21). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI (D-MD) -- Women Pay More and Get Less for Health Insurance. Senate floor speech on 10/8/09 (01:30). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-MN) -- Women Want Health Reform Now. Senate floor speech on 10/8/09 (01:14). Click here to view or embed this video. Click here to view this video.

October 7, 2009

SENATOR MAX BAUCUS (D-MT) -- Reform Bill Puts Health Care System Focus on Quality Not Quantity. Senate floor speech on 10/7/09 (01:05). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR PATTY MURRAY (D-WA) -- Democrats Seek to Strengthen Medicare. Senate floor speech on 10/7/09 (01:28). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- Republicans Would Do Nothing for 14,000 Who Lose Health Insurance Coverage Daily. Senate floor speech on 10/7/09 (01:02). Click here to view this video.

October 6, 2009

SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY (D-VT) -- Republican Filibuster Delays Enforcement of Civil Rights Laws. Senate floor speech on 10/6/09 (01:19). Click here to view this video.

October 5, 2009

SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) -- Republican Status Quo Plan Allows Denial of Health Insurance Coverage, Ever Higher Rates, Extra Cost. Senate floor speech on 10/5/09 (01:13). Click here to view this video.

October 1, 2009

SENATOR SHERROD BROWN (D-OH) -- Health Insurance Reform Makes Sense for Small Business. Senate floor speech on 10/1/09 (01:51). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR MICHAEL BENNET (D-CO) -- We Can Do Much Better Than the Status Quo on Health Care Costs. Senate floor speech on 10/1/09 (01:02). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR MARK BEGICH (D-AK) -- Broken Health Care System Leads to Lost Jobs, Stalled Business Growth. Senate floor speech on 10/1/09 (01:30). Click here to view this video.

September 30, 2009

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- Current Health Insurance System is Unsustainable, Fails Too Many Americans. Senate floor speech on 9/30/09 (01:29). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR SHERROD BROWN (D-OH) -- Fine Print in Insurance Policies Too Often Means Bankruptcy is Around the Corner. Senate floor speech on 9/30/09 (01:20). Click here to view this video.

September 29, 2009

SENATOR BILL NELSON (D-FL) -- More Market Competition Will Stop Cherry Picking by Health Insurance Companies. Finance Committee meeting on 9/29/09 (01:18). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BYRON DORGAN (D-ND) -- Nation Must Address "Too Big to Fail" Doctrine for Real Health Insurance Reform. Senate floor speech on 9/29/09 (01:32). Click here to view this video.

September 25, 2009

SENATOR DEBBIE STABENOW (D-MI) -- Under Status Quo, 60% of Insurance Policies Don't Offer Maternity Care Coverage, That's a Big Deal for Everybody. Finance Committee meeting on 9/25/09 (01:11). Click here to view this video.

September 24, 2009

SENATOR MAX BAUCUS (D-MT) -- Choice is Between Health Insurance Reform or Status Quo. Finance Committee meeting on 9/24/09 (01:27). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR DEBBIE STABENOW (D-MI) -- Status Quo Isn’t Working. Finance Committee meeting on 9/24/09 (0:57). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR JEFF BINGAMAN (D-NM) -- 14,000 People Lose Health Insurance Coverage Every Day under Status Quo. Finance Committee meeting on 9/24/09 (0:52). Click here to view this video.

September 23, 2009

SENATOR MARK WARNER (D-VA) -- The Cost of Doing Nothing on Health Insurance Reform. Senate floor speech on 9/23/09 (01:02). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY (D-OR) -- Status Quo Plan Pushed by Opponents of Health Insurance Reform is Bad for America. Senate floor speech on 9/23/09 (01:23). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR MARK BEGICH (D-AK) -- Small Businesses Will Save $800 Billion Over Ten Years with Health Insurance Reform. Senate floor speech on 9/23/09 (01:30). Click here to view this video.

September 22, 2009

SENATOR JOHN KERRY (D-MA) -- Health Reform is Test of Nation's Character. Finance Committee meeting on 9/22/09 (0:58). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR DEBBIE STABENOW (D-MI) -- Someone Dies Every 12 Minutes Because They Lack Health Care. Why Do We Tolerate Current System? Finance Committee meeting on 9/22/09 (01:26). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR ROBERT MENENDEZ (D-NJ) -- Concerns Over Falsehoods About Health Reform. Finance Committee meeting on 9/22/09 (0:41). Click here to view this video.

September 18, 2009

SENATOR BYRON DORGAN (D-ND) discusses the DPC Fact Sheet "Look at the Record: Can the American People Trust Republicans to Strengthen the Economy for the Middle Class?" Interview on 9/17/09 (0:33). Click here to read the fact sheet. Click here to view this video.

September 17, 2009

SENATOR ROBERT CASEY (D-PA) -- Health Care Reform Should Ban Insurance Discrimination Against Women. Senate floor speech on 9/17/09 (01:27). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BYRON DORGAN (D-ND) -- Senator Ted Kennedy's Heroic Persistence. Senate floor speech on 9/17/09 (01:28). Click here to view this video.

September 16, 2009

SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) -- The Time for Health Care Reform is Now--Health Care Rally on 9/16/09 (0:41). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BILL NELSON (D-FL) -- Why We Need Health Care Reform. Senate floor speech on 9/16/09 (01:04). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR MARIA CANTWELL (D-WA) -- Current System Rewards Quantity of Care, Rather than Quality of Care. Senate floor speech on 9/15/09 (01:28). Click here to view this video.

September 15, 2009

SENATOR BYRON DORGAN (D-ND) -- The Need for Greater Energy Independence. Senate floor speech on 9/15/09 (01:35). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) -- On Anniversary of Wall Street Collapse, Reid Says Lessons Apply to Health Insurance Reform: Inaction is Not an Option. Senate floor speech on 9/14/09 (01:19). Click here to view this video.

September 11, 2009

SENATOR ROBERT C. BYRD (D-WV) -- Byrd Remembers Kennedy’s "Largely Unmatched" Contributions to Country. Senate floor speech on 9/10/09 (02:18). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR JOHN KERRY (D-MA) -- Kerry Remembers That for Kennedy, All Politcs Was Not Only Local, But Personal. Senate floor speech on 9/10/09 (01:54). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR CHRISTOPHER DODD (D-CT) -- Dodd Remembers Kennedy’s Respect and Good Humor. Senate floor speech on 9/10/09 (0:51). Click here to view this video.

September 10, 2009

SENATOR ROBERT CASEY (D-PA) -- Implementing Clean Energy Technologies Will Create Jobs And Help Put Economy Back On Road To Recovery. Senate floor speech on 7/29/09 (02:05). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (D-RI) -- Congress Must Pass Strong Clean Energy Legislation In Order To Put U.S. Back In Race Towards A Clean Energy World. Senate floor speech on 7/29/09 (01:30). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR TOM UDALL (D-NM) -- U.S. Losing At Game We Created: The Need For A Clean Energy Solution. Senate floor speech on 8/3/09 (02:36). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY (D-OR) -- Nation's Security And Economy Are At Stake If U.S. Continues Its Addiction To Foreign Oil Senate floor speech on 7/29/09 (01:25). Click here to view this video.

September 9, 2009

SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) -- Come Back to Reality. Senate floor speech on 9/9/09 (01:21). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- What Kind of Country Are We? Senate floor speech on 9/9/09 (01:06). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR SHERROD BROWN (D-OH) -- Health Care Reform Plan Benefits Young Adults. Senate floor speech on 9/9/09 (0:53). Click here to view this video.

September 8, 2009

SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) -- NOT ACTING IS NOT AN OPTION. Senate floor speech on 9/8/09 (01:21). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE PROTECTION OF HEALTH INSURANCE. Senate floor speech on 9/8/09 (01:33). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BYRON DORGAN (D-ND) -- WHO’S MINDING THE STORE? Senate floor speech on 9/8/09 (01:25). Click here to view this video.

August 7, 2009

SENATOR SHERROD BROWN (D-OH) -- Health Reform Will Add Important Consumer Protections Against Insurance Industry Abuses. Senate floor speech on 8/7/09 (01:00). Click here to view this video.

August 6, 2009

SENATOR BLANCHE LINCOLN (D-AR) -- Judge Sotomayor Meets the Test to Serve on Supreme Court. Senate floor speech on 8/6/09 (01:32). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR ROBERT MENENDEZ (D-NJ) -- Judge Sotomayor Will Do What is Right for America. Senate floor speech on 8/6/09 (01:36). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR EDWARD KAUFMAN (D-DE) -- Continuing Current Health Care System Means Current Problems Will Continue. Senate floor speech on 8/6/09 (01:15). Click here to view this video.

August 5, 2009

SENATOR CHARLES SCHUMER (D-NY) -- Sotomayor Lets Facts Guide Her to Correct Application of the Law. Senate floor speech on 8/5/09 (01:32). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR JEANNE SHAHEEN (D-NH) -- Sotomayor Won Nominations to Federal Courts from Presidents of Both Parties, and Confirmation by Big Bipartisan Majorities. Senate floor speech on 8/5/09 (01:25). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BYRON DORGAN (D-ND) -- Expert Says Army Report on Chemical Exposure Reached Wrong Conclusion. Remarks at a DPC hearing on 8/3/09 (01:43). Click here to view this video.

August 3, 2009

SENATOR BYRON DORGAN (D-ND) -- Army Did Inadequate Testing at Qarmat Ali Chemical Plant and Health of US Soldiers Now at Risk. Remarks at a DPC hearing on 8/3/09 (0:40). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR RON WYDEN (D-OR) Remarks at a DPC hearing on 8/3/09 (01:55). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR EVAN BAYH (D-IN) -- Soldiers Not Warned of Deadly Chemical Risk, Even Though Others Knew. Remarks at a DPC hearing on 8/3/09 (01:32). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR TOM UDALL (D-NM) -- Soldiers Were Told by KBR Deadly Chemical at Qarmat Ali was "Just Dust." Remarks at a DPC hearing on 8/3/09 (01:14). Click here to view this video.

July 31, 2009

SENATOR BYRON DORGAN (D-ND) -- We Need Accountability for Contractors and the Army. Press Conference on 7/31/09 (02:55). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR ROBERT CASEY (D-PA) -- Full Measure of Accountability Still Lacking for Family Green Beret Electrocuted in Iraq. Press conference on 7/31/09 (02:09). Click here to view this video.

CHERYL HARRIS -- $83 Million Bonus for KBR is Heartbreaking. Press conference on 7/31/09 (02:14). Click here to view this video.

July 30, 2009

SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-MN) -- Health Care Reform Inaction is Not an Option. Senate floor speech on 7/30/09 (01:12). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- Everybody Supports Medicare, Despite Scare Stories about Government Health Care. Senate floor speech on 7/30/09 (01:30). Click here to view this video.

July 29, 2009

SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY (D-OR) -- Help for Small Business is at Heart of Health Care Reform. Senator Merkley in a press conference on 7/29/09 (01:12). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BLANCHE LINCOLN (D-AR) -- Small Businesses Need Health Care Reform. Senator Lincoln in a press conference on 7/29/09 (01:15). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR MARY LANDRIEU (D-LA) -- Now is the Best Time for Health Care Reform for Small Business in 20 Years. Senator Landrieu in a press conference on 7/29/09 (1:37). Click here to view this video.

July 28, 2009

SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) -- Health Care Reform is Fiscally Responsible. Senate floor speech on 7/28/09 (01:05). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY (D-OR) -- Status Quo Protects Special Interests. Senate floor speech on 7/28/09 (01:16). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR ROBERT CASEY (D-PA) -- Family Health Care Coverage Costs Will Sky Rocket Under Status Quo. Senate floor speech on 7/28/09 (01:47). Click here to view this video.

July 27, 2009

SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) -- Health Reform Will Help Small Businesses and Their Employees. Senate floor speech on 7/27/09 (01:33). Click here to view this video.

July 24, 2009

SENATOR CHRISTOPHER DODD (D-CT) -- Under Status Quo – 14,000 People Lose Health Insurance Today and Every Day. Senate floor speech on 7/24/09 (01:09). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR PATTY MURRAY (D-WA) -- Health Reform Will Lower Health Care Costs, Stop Denial of Insurance Coverage. Remarks at a press conference on 7/23/09 (01:33). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR ROBERT CASEY (D-PA) -- Do We Want to Keep Status Quo with Health Care Costs Out of Control? Senate floor speech on 7/24/09 (01:10). Click here to view this video.

July 23, 2009

SENATOR CHARLES SCHUMER (D-NY) -- Greater Competition Amongst Health Care Insurers Will Bring Down Costs. Remarks at a press conference on 7/23/09 (01:30). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR CHRISTOPHER DODD (D-CT) -- Americans Are Counting On Congress To Keep Its Eye On The Ball With Health Care Reform. Senate floor speech on 7/22/09 (01:19). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR PATTY MURRAY (D-WA) -- Congress Cannot Afford Inaction, Health Care Costs Are Breaking American Families, Businesses And The Bank. Senate floor speech on 7/22/09 (01:24). Click here to view this video.

July 22, 2009

SENATOR BARBARA BOXER (D-CA) -- Health Care Status Quo Unsustainable. Senate floor speech on 7/22/09 (01:24). Click here to view this video.

July 21, 2009

SENATOR DEBBIE STABENOW (D-MI) -- Insurance Companies Now Stand Between You and Your Doctor Making Decisions About Your Health Care. Senate floor speech on 7/21/09 (01:32). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- Current Health Care System Creates Perpetual Debt. Senate floor speech on 7/21/09 (01:11). Click here to view this video.

July 20, 2009

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- Health Reform Fixes What’s Broken, Preserves What Works. Senate floor speech on 7/20/09 (01:26). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR MARK WARNER -- Sotomayor’s Philosophy is "Fidelity to the Law." Senate floor speech on 7/20/09 (01:31). Click here to view this video.

July 17, 2009

SENATOR SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (D-RI) -- Health Care Reform Bill Meets Key Needs for Families and Businesses -- Interview on 7/15/09 (0:33). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR SHERROD BROWN (D-OH) -- Health Reform Bill, Which Includes Public Option, Will Make Difference in Lives of Tens of Millions of Americans -- Interview on 7/15/09 (0:46). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY (D-OR) – Bill is Best Opportunity in a Generation To Bring Affordable, Accessible, High Quality Health Care to Every American. Interview on 7/15/09 (01:14). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR JACK REED (D-RI) -- Status Quo is Not Acceptable -- Interview on 7/15/09 (0:29). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR ROBERT CASEY (D-PA) -- Committee Bill Enhances Quality, Reduces Health Care Costs, Preserves Health Care Choices -- Interview on 7/15/09 (01:06). Click here to view this video.

July 15, 2009

SENATOR CHRISTOPHER DODD (D-CT) -- Good Bill Works for Millions of Americans -- Press conference on 7/15/09 (0:45). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR PATTY MURRAY (D-WA) -- Health Reform Bill Focuses on Needs of American Families -- Press Conference on 7/15/09 (01:35). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR TOM HARKIN (D-IA) -- Health Care Reform Bill Reduces Cost, Protects Health Care Choices, Assures Coverage & Promotes Prevention and Wellness. Interview on 7/15/09 (01:49). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI (D-MD) -- Health Care Reform Bill Makes Insurance Coverage Available, Undeniable and Affordable for All Americans -- Interview on 7/15/09 (01:21). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR JEFF BINGAMAN (D-NM) -- Health Care Reform Bill Expands Coverage, Controls Costs, Deals with Systems Problems -- Interview on 7/15/09 (0:24). Click here to view this video.

July 14, 2009

SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY (D-VT) – The Law is What Controls. Remarks at a Judiciary Committee hearing on 7/14/09 (02:49). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-CA) -- Apply the Law As it Exists. Remarks at a Judiciary Committee hearing on 7/14/09 (01:43). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) – If We Don’t Reform Health Care Costs Will Get Higher. Senate floor speech on 7/14/09 (01:19). Click here to view this video.

July 13, 2009

SENATOR CHARLES SCHUMER (D-NY) -- Law and Facts Guide Sotomayor’s Decisions. Opening statement at a Judiciary Committee hearing on 7/13/09 (01:39). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR AL FRANKEN (D-MN) -- We All Have Huge Stake in Who Sits on Supreme Court. Statement at a Judiciary Committee hearing on 7/13/09 (01:24). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR SHERROD BROWN (D-OH) -- Competition Will Make the Drugs that Tax Dollars Helped Develop More Affordable. Senate floor speech on 7/13/09 (01:06). Click here to view this video.

July 10, 2009

SENATOR SHERROD BROWN (D-OH) -- Status Quo's Lack of Competition Makes Needed Treatments Unaffordable. Senate floor speech on 7/10/09 (01:37). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR RON WYDEN (D-OR) -- Choices for Consumers Will Lower Health Care Costs. Senate floor speech on 7/10/09 (01:13). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR RUSSELL FEINGOLD (D-WI) -- U.S. Needs Long Term Care Reform. Senate floor speech on 7/9/09 (01:12). Click here to view this video.

July 9, 2009

SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) -- Health Care Reform Will Lower Costs, Improve Access to Health Care. Senate floor speech on 7/8/09 (01:24). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- Public Option Means Competition That Will Keep Private Insurance Companies Honest. Senate floor speech on 7/8/09 (01:38). Click here to view this video.

July 8, 2009

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- Evidence Shows GOP Claims on Health Care Reform Are "Just Wrong." Senate floor speech on 7/7/09 (01:22). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (D-RI) -- CBO says the Potential for Big Reductions is Possible Without Harming Health Care. Senator floor speech on 7/7/09 (01:28). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR SHERROD BROWN (D-OH) -- $1 Million a Day to Block Health Care Reform. Senate floor speech on 7/7/09 (01:22). Click here to view this video.

July 7, 2009

SENATOR BEN CARDIN (D-MD) -- Green Energy Means American Jobs: Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on 7/7/09 (01:30). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-MN) -- New Energy Bill, Done Right, Means New Business: Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on 7/7/09 (01:23). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BERNARD SANDERS (I-VT) -- Transforming U.S. Energy System Can Transform Our Nation. Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on 7/7/09 (01:37). Click here to view this video.

July 6, 2009

SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) -- Nation Needs Health Care Reform Because Status Quo is Unacceptable. Senate floor speech on 7/6/09 (01:13). Click here to view this video.

June 26, 2009

SENATOR ROBERT MENENDEZ (D-NJ) -- Health Care Should be Considered a Right for All and Not a Privilege for the Few. Senate Democrats and HCAN Rally Speech on 6/25/09 (02:20). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR FRANK LAUTENBERG (D-NJ) – Blue Collar, White Collar or No Collar, Health Care Coverage Should be a Right. Senate Democrats and HCAN Rally Speech on 6/25/09 (03:51). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR CHARLES SCHUMER (D-NY) -- No More Waiting Another 100 Years, 50 Years or Even One Single Year - Health Care Reform is Coming Now. Senate Democrats and HCAN Rally Speech on 6/25/09 (01:11). Click here to view this video.

June 25, 2009

SENATOR SHERROD BROWN (D-OH) -- A Public Option Will Bring Stable Health Care Coverage, Stable Costs and Stable Quality to Middle Class Families. Senate floor speech on 6/25/09 (01:26). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) -- The Need for Prevention and Wellness Programs: The Less You Get Sick Today, The Less You’ll Have to Pay Tomorrow. Senate floor speech on 6.25.09 (01:36). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR MICHAEL BENNET (D-CO) -- America's Health Care System Continues to Fail Those Who Play by the Rules. Senate floor speech on 6/25/05 (01:37). Click here to view this video.

June 24, 2009

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- Public Option Works Well with Medicare, Medicaid and Veterans Health Care. Senate floor speech on 6/24/09 (0:58). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BEN CARDIN (D-MD) -- 46 Million Americans Don't Have Health Insurance, Up 20 Per Cent From Just Eight Years Ago. Senate floor speech on 6/24/09 (01:14). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BERNARD SANDERS (I-VT) -- Sixty Two Per Cent of All Bankruptcies Linked to Medical Problems. Senate floor speech on 6/23/09 (01:19). Click here to view this video.

June 23, 2009

SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) -- "Party of No" Delays Health Care for Millions of Americans. Senate floor speech on 6/23/09 (01:00). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BYRON DORGAN (D-ND) -- Thoughtful, Not Thoughtless Discussion Will Help Us Improve Health Care System. Senate floor speech on 6/22/09 (01:17). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR CHARLES SCHUMER (D-NY) -- Strong Majority of Americans Want Public Option in Health Care Reform. Senate floor speech on 6/23/09 (01:16). Click here to view this video.

June 22, 2009

SENATOR SHERROD BROWN (D-OH) -- In Health Care Reform Drive, Fix What's Broken, Protect What Works. Senate floor speech on 6/19/09 (01:12). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (D-RI) -- Without Reform, Federal Government Will Eventually Spend More on Medicare and Medicaid Than It Does on Defense. Senate floor speech on 6/19/09 (01:31). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR ROBERT CASEY (D-PA) -- Status Quo or Change? Senate floor speech on 6/19/09 (01:21). Click here to view this video.

June 19, 2009

SENATOR RUSSELL FEINGOLD (D-WI) -- Real Reform Means a Strong Public Option. Senate floor speech on 6/18/09 (01:18). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) -- It's Painfully Evident GOP Needs to be Reminded of Reality of Health Care Crisis. Senate floor speech on 6/18/09 (01:04). Click here to view this video.

June 18, 2009

SENATOR BARBARA BOXER (D-CA) – Prevention Will Cut Health Care Costs. Senate floor speech on 6/16/09 (01:17). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) – More Focus Needed on Prevention. Senate floor speech on 6/17/09 (01:22). Click here to view this video.

June 17, 2009

SENATOR BYRON DORGAN (D-ND) -- New DPC Report Documents Recovery Act Success in Putting People Back to Work. Video Comment (0:56). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BYRON DORGAN (D-ND) -- Confidence in the Economy Counts. Senate floor speech on 6/17/09 (01:25). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- Cost of Doing Nothing on Health Care Reform is Substantial. Senate floor speech on 6/17/09 (0:44). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR SHERROD BROWN (D-OH) -- Public Option Competition Means Everybody Will Get Better Quality Health Care. Senate floor speech on 6/17/09 (0:49). Click here to view this video.

June 16, 2009

SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) -- GOP Protects Status Quo with Misinformation. Senate floor speech on 6/16/09 (01:21). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- Bipartisanship Required for Health Reform to Succeed. Senate floor speech on 6/16/09 (01:21). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR RON WYDEN (D-OR) – Real Health Reform Means Changing Business As Usual. Senate floor speech on 6/16/09 (01:23). Click here to view this video.

June 15, 2009

SENATOR MARK WARNER (D-VA) -- Help Seniors Age Well and Plan Care in Advance. Senate floor speech on 6/15/09 (01:09). Click here to view this video.

June 11, 2009

SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-MN) -- Health Care Reform Would Save Billions. Senate floor speech on 6/11/09 (01:26). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR ROBERT CASEY (D-PA) -- Make a Commitment to Health Care for Kids. Senate floor speech on 6/11/09 (01:21). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR MICHAEL BENNET (D-CO) -- Health Reform Proposal Ensures Patient Centered Care. Senate floor speech on 6/11/09 (01:28). Click here to view this video.

June 10, 2009

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) – Small Businesses Need Health Insurance Premium Protection. Senate floor speech on 6/10/09 (01:00). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR PATTY MURRAY (D-WA) – If You Like What You Have, You Can Keep It. Senate floor speech on 6/10/09 (01:08). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY (D-OR) – Seize the Moment to Meet the Health Care Reform Challenge. Senate floor speech on 6/10/09 (01:26). Click here to view this video.

June 9, 2009

SENATOR RON WYDEN (D-OR) -- Health Care Should be Portable. Senate floor debate on 6/9/09 (01:03). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- If You Like Your Health Insurance, You Can Keep It. Senate floor speech on 6/9/09 (01:28). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR CHARLES SCHUMER (D-NY) -- Let Public Option Compete with Private Health Insurance. Senate floor speech on 6/9/09 (01:28). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR SHERROD BROWN (D-OH) -- Insurance Companies Are Supposed to Protect the Sick, Not Throw Them Overboard. Senate floor speech on 6/9/09 (01:02). Click here to view this video.

June 8, 2009

SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-CA) – Nation Spends $96 Billion a Year on Tobacco Related Health Care Spending. Senate floor speech on 6/8/09 (01:19). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BERNARD SANDERS (I-VT) -- All Americans Should Have Health Care. Senate floor speech on 6/8/09 (01:14). Click here to view this video.

June 4, 2009

SENATOR JEANNE SHAHEEN (D-NH) -- Tobacco Companies Have Stepped Up Efforts to Market Cigarettes to Young Girls. Senate floor speech on 6/4/09 (01:35). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- Over 3,000 Children Will Smoke Their First Cigarette Today. Senate floor speech on 6/4/09 (01:21). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR DODD (D-CT) -- The FDA Regulates Pet Food, So Why Not Tobacco? Senate floor speech on 6/4/09 (01:15). Click here to view this video.

June 3, 2009

SENATOR BLANCHE LINCOLN (D-AR) -- Targeting Kids for Tobacco is Unacceptable. Senate floor speech on 6/3/09 (01:17). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- Unregulated Tobacco Targets Kids. Senate floor speech on 6/3/09 (01:27). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY (D-OR) -- Tobacco Candy Now Targets Kids. Senate floor speech on 6/3/09 (01:20). Click here to view this video.

June 2, 2009

SENATOR BYRON DORGAN (D-ND) -- U.S. Consumers Pay More for Same Medicine in Same Bottle by Same Maker – Why? Senate floor speech on 6/2/09 (01:10). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR CHRIS DODD (D-CT)-- Tobacco Bill Needed to Help Prevent Kids from Taking Up Smoking. Senate floor speech on 6/2/09 (01:29). Click here to view this video.

June 1, 2009

SENATOR BILL NELSON (D-FL) -- Americans With Health Insurance Pay an Extra $1,000 a Year to Cover Those Without. Senate floor speech on 6/1/09 (01:10). Click here to view this video.

May 21, 2009

SEN. BYRON DORGAN (D-ND): Chicken or Pasta? KBR Workers Who Spoke Up About Poor Quality Wiring Work Were Threatened with Job Termination. Senator Dorgan in an exchange with Eric Peters, a former KBR Master Electrician, at a DPC hearing on 5/20/09 (01:02). Click here to view this video.

WITNESS CHARLES SMITH: KBR Bonuses Were Highly Inappropriate -- Charles Smith, former Manager of Pentagon's LOGCAP contract with KBR, at a DPC hearing on 5/20/09 (0:34). Click here to view this video.

WITNESS JIM CHILDS: KBR's Electrical Work Was Some of the Most Hazardous and Worst Quality Work I've Ever Inspected -- Jim Childs, former Subject Matter Expert hired by the Army to inspect KBR's electrical work in Iraq for Task Force SAFE, testifying at a DPC hearing on 5/20/09 (0:48). Click here to view this video.

May 20, 2009

SEN. BYRON DORGAN (D-ND): $83 Million in Bonuses for Bad Work -- Senator Dorgan reacts after 05/20/09 DPC hearing on bonuses for shoddy, deadly electrical wiring work by KBR, Army's biggest contractor in Iraq (0:52). Click here to view this video.

SEN. ROBERT CASEY (D-PA): No Penalty for KBR's Total, Abject Failure -- Senator Casey reacts after 05/20/09 DPC hearing on bonuses for dangerous wiring work by KBR in Iraq. (01:37). Click here to view this video.

SEN. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-MN): Bonuses Are Outrageous, Hold This Company Accountable --Senator Klobuchar reacts after 05/20/09 DPC hearing on bonuses for KBR's incompetent electrical wiring work in Iraq. (0:34). Click here to view this video.

SEN. SHELDON WHITEHOUSE (D-RI): Horrific Testimony About Profits First and Troop Safety Second -- Senator Whitehouse reacts after 05/20/09 DPC hearing on big bonuses for KBR despite poor quality work in Iraq that endangered U.S. troops. (0:31). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN (D-CA) – Closing Guantanamo is in Our Own National Interest. Senate floor speech on 5/20/09 (01:18). Click here to view this video.

May 19, 2009

SENATOR RICHARD DURBIN (D-IL) -- Closing Guantanamo is Priority for Many Respected National Security Leaders, But Not Dick Cheney or Rush Limbaugh. Senate floor speech on 5/19/09 (01:01). Click here to view this video.

May 18, 2009

SENATOR BYRON DORGAN (D-ND) -- A Question For Whoever Thought Up "Hello Kitty" Platinum Plus Visa Credit Card That Targets 10-14 Year Olds: "Are You Nuts?" Senate floor speech on 5/18/09 (01:01). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-MN) -- Deceptive Practices Are Widespread -- 93 Per Cent of Credit Card Agreements Allow Credit Card Company to Increase Interest Rates at Any Time. Senate floor speech on 5/18/09 (01:17). Click here to view this video.

May 14, 2009

SENATOR DICK DURBIN (D-IL) –- Let's Have A Discount When Paying with Cash, Check or Debit Card. Senate floor speech on 5/14/09 (01:04). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR DORGAN (D-ND) -- The Chairman of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, which has held 18 hearings on Iraq contracting abuses, reacts to KBR shareholders call for independent review of company's activities in Iraq. (0:57). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR BYRON DORGAN (D-ND) -- Message to Credit Card Companies: "No More. You Can't Do That." Senate floor speech on 5/14/09 (01:15). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR SHERROD BROWN (D-OH) -- For Too Long Credit Card Companies Convinced Washington to Look the Other Way. Senate floor speech on 5/14/09 (01:08). Click here to view this video.

May 13, 2009

SENATOR ROBERT MENENDEZ (D-NJ) -- Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act will protect consumers from abusive credit card company tactics. Senate floor speech on 5/13/09 (04:02). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR CHRIS DODD (D-CT) -- President Obama and the Senate stand together to end abuses consumers suffer at the hands of the credit card industry. Senate floor speech on 5/13/09 (03:24). Click here to view this video.

SENATOR DICK DURBIN (D-IL) -- Guantanamo Bay is "A Blot on Our Reputation:" Senate floor speech on 5/13/09 (05:21). Click here to view this video. Click here to view this video.

May 12, 2009

We Must End the Abusive Practices of the Credit Card Industry: Senator Murray urges the Senate to pass the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act to protect consumers from the predatory and misleading lending practices of the credit card companies in a speech on the Senate floor on 5/12/09 (03:09). Click here to view this video.

It's Time to Put a Stop to the Abuses of the Credit Card Industry: Senator Dodd calls on the Senate to come to the aid of consumers who are being treated unfairly by the credit card companies in a speech on the Senate floor on 5/12/09 (03:00). Click here to view this video.

May 11, 2009

Americans have a Right Not to be Deceived, Misled, or Ripped-Off: Senator Dodd explains why it is so important for the Senate to come to the aid of hard-working middle-class Americans who are being taken advantage of by the credit card industry in a speech on the Senate floor on 5/11/09 (06:02). Click here to view this video.

We Can't Allow the Credit Card Companies to Change the Rules in the Middle of the Game: Senator Reid relates the story of a constituent who was taken advantage of by the credit card industry, and stresses that the Senate should pass the Credit Cardholders Bill of Rights in a speech on the Senate floor on 5/11/09 (03:29). Click here to view this video.

Americans Are Being Hit with Hard Economic Times and Abusive Credit Card Companies: Senator Levin states that we should not allow the banks to solve their financial difficulties by raising credit card interest rates on hard-working families who are struggling to survive the worst economic crisis many have ever experienced in a speech on the Senate floor on 5/11/09 (02:58). Click here to view this video.

May 7, 2009

It's Time to Put Common Sense and Honesty Back into the Credit Card Industry: Senator Tester discusses the Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights, which is designed to protect consumers from predatory practices by credit card companies, in a speech on the Senate floor on 5/7/09 (03:54). Click here to view this video.

Taxpayer Money Should Not Be Used to Move American Jobs Overseas: Senator Feingold states that as General Motors and Chrysler restructure, we must make sure these companies use the taxpayer money they’ve received to save American Jobs, in remarks on the Senate floor on 5/7/09 (03:23). Click here to view this video.

May 6, 2009

The Senate Must Put Major Defense Acquisition Programs on Sound Footing to Improve Their Success: Senator Levin provides an overview of the Weapons Acquisition Reform Act currently being debated in the Senate in a speech on the Senate floor on 5/6/09 (04:05). Click here to view this video.

Certain Financial Institutions "Do Not Have the National Interest in Their Heart": Senator Durbin criticizes hedge fund owners who would rather see Chrysler in bankruptcy than work with the Treasury Department and workers to save the company, save jobs, and preserve retiree health benefits in a speech on the Senate floor on 5/6/09 (04:02). Click here to view this video.

It's Not Fair That Women Are Paid Less Than Men: Senator Gillibrand talks about the Paycheck Fairness Act and the importance of making sure that women are "paid their fair share" so they can give their children the opportunities they deserve in a speech on the Senate floor on 5/6/09 (0:55). Click here to view this video.

Sojourner Truth Embodied the American Ideal: Senator Stabenow recognizes the accomplishments of abolitionist Sojourner Truth, who was recently honored with a statue in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol, in remarks on the Senate floor on 5/6/09 (04:13). Click here to view this video.

May 5, 2009

Lenders Need Incentives to Modify Mortgages So More American's Don't Lose Their Homes: Senator Dodd explains the importance of providing a "safe harbor" provision in the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act so that lenders will be more receptive to modifying mortgages in a speech on the Senate floor on 5/5/09 (03:30). Click here to view this video.

Homeowners Have a Right to Know Who Owns Their Mortgages: Senator Boxer states that mortgage servicers should be required to tell homeowners who owns their mortgages, pointing out that without this information, homeowners may not be able to exercise their rights, in a speech on the Senate floor on 5/5/09 (02:17). Click here to view this video.

Renters Are Facing Eviction Through No Fault of Their Own: Senator Gillibrand describes how thousands of families with limited means may lose their homes because their landlords have failed to pay their mortgages, and urges the Senate to provide protections for renters living in foreclosed buildings in a speech on the Senate floor on 5/5/09 (02:41). Click here to view this video.

May 4, 2009

We Want to Help Working Families Avoid Foreclosure: Senator Dodd describes the major provisions of the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act in a speech on the Senate floor on 5/4/09 (03:48). Click here to view this video.

We Should Improve Our Relations With Pakistan and Its People: Senator Kerry talks about the importance of Pakistan to U.S. national security and describes legislation to improve relations between the two countries in a speech on the Senate floor on 5/4/09 (03:59). Click here to view this video.

Service to the Common Good is America's Answer to Hardship: Senator Kaufman talks about the contributions that federal workers make to the nation, and, with a generation of federal workers nearing retirement, urges the Senate to find ways to attract talented citizens to enter public service in a speech on the Senate floor on 5/4/09 (03:39). Click here to view this video.

May 1, 2009

The Economy Won't Recover Until We Help Families Facing Foreclosure: Senator Dodd explains how the Dodd-Shelby amendment to the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act will help people keep their homes and obtain mortgages they can afford in a speech on the Senate floor on 5/1/09 (03:31). Click here to view this video.

We're Too Dependent on Other Nations for Our Energy: Senator Dorgan explains why relying on imported oil is bad for the U.S., and urges that we move toward an energy future that includes renewable forms of energy, in a speech on the Senate floor on 5/1/09 (03:25). Click here to view this video.

April 30, 2009

We Can Save the Homes of 1.7 Million Families: Senator Durbin explains how his amendment to the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act would have provided much-needed assistance to American families facing foreclosure in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/30/09 (03:30). Click here to view this video.

Parents Have the Right to Know Whether the Products They Use On Their Children Are Safe: Senator Gillibrand describes newly-introduced legislation to ensure that baby products are safe and that parents have the information they deserve in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/30/09 (03:50). Click here to view this video.

April 29, 2009

Facts Are Stubborn Things...And the Senate Has Produced a Tough Budget for FY 2010: Senator Conrad explains that the budget cuts taxes by hundreds of billions of dollars, and increases discretionary spending by less than the rate of inflation, in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/29/09 (01:54). Click here to view this video.

We Have Chosen a New Path For America: Senator Murray talks about the FY 2010 budget, which provides an economic plan that will work for all Americans, in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/29/09 (02:43). Click here to view this video.

Our Teachers Are the Key to Our Nation's Success in the 21st Century: Senator Bennet states that we must recruit and support the best and most effective teachers to ensure that the nation's children have the skills they need to succeed in the 21st Century in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/29/09 (03:18). Click here to view this video.

April 28, 2009

Reforming the Nation's Health Care System is Essential to Ensuring a Robust Economic Recovery: Senator Warner urged quick confirmation of Kathleen Sebelius to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, whose unique skills are essential to achieving comprehensive health care reform, in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/28/09 (02:51). Click here to view this video.

Health Care Coverage Should Be Available to All Americans, Promote Wellness, Save Money, and Be Portable: Senator Wyden talks about some of the objectives that the Senate should encompass in health care reform in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/28/09 (03:51). Click here to view this video.

April 27, 2009

We Need Professionals With Specialized Knowledge Who Can Investigate and Prosecute Financial Fraud Schemes: Senator Reid explains why it is important for the Senate to pass the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/27/09 (02:00). Click here to view this video.

The Credibility of Iran's Government is On Trial in the Case of Journalist Roxana Saberi: Senator Dorgan gives an update on U.S. journalist Roxana Saberi, who the Iranian government has wrongly convicted of spying in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/27/09 (03:28). Click here to view this video.

April 24, 2009

We Are a Nation of Explorers: Senator Bill Nelson talks about why NASA needs strong leadership to lead the agency and capture the spirit of the American people in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/24/09 (03:43). Click here to view this video.

April 23, 2009

How did Bernard Madoff Get Away With It? Senator Schumer explains why the Securities and Exchange Commission needs more technical and human resources to prevent increasingly sophisticated criminals from defrauding investors of millions of dollars in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/23/09 (02:05). Click here to view this video.

TARP Funds Should Be Used Only to Stimulate the Economy: Senator Dodd explains the purpose of TARP funds and rejects efforts to divert them to other purposes in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/23/09 (01:39). Click here to view this video.

Mortgage Brokers With "No Skin in the Game": Senator McCaskill talks about the problems in the mortgage industry caused by brokers who are allowed to make bad loans without taking any of the risk in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/23/09 (03:51). Click here to view this video.

April 22, 2009

Homeowners Are at Risk from Dishonest Mortgage Brokers: Senator Dorgan explains why the Senate should provide resources to go after dishonest companies in the mortgage industry in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/22/09 (03:03). Click here to view this video.

Openness, Freedom and New Ideas for Cuba: Senator Durban comments favorably on President Obama's easing of U.S. policy towards Cuba in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/22/09 (03:49). Click here to view this video.

We Can Build Sustainable Energy Sources, Achieve Energy Independence and Stimulate Long-Term Economic Growth: Senator Gillibrand discusses why President Obama's vision for the nation's energy future is good for the nation in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/22/09 (03:38). Click here to view this video.

April 21, 2009

The Senate Must Confirm the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Now: Senator Durbin asserts that the U.S. must have an ambassador on the ground in Iraq to meet President Obama's goal of removing all combat forces by next summer, in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/21/09 (04:04). Click here to view this video.

Christopher Hill is a Hero of the American Foreign Service: Man the U.S. Needs in Iraq: Senator Whitehouse describes the qualifications of Christopher Hill, who has been nominated to be U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/21/09 (03:36). Click here to view this video.

Ambassador Hill is a Diplomatic Troubleshooter: Senator Menendez explains why Christopher Hill should be confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Iraq in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/21/09 (02:53). Click here to view this video.

April 20, 2009

We Must Build the Nation's Capacity to Investigate and Prosecute Financial Fraud: Senator Leahy talks about the significant increase in mortgage fraud in the nation, and why it is so important to prosecute those responsible, in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/20/09 (03:39). Click here to view this video.

We Need More Federal Law Enforcement Resources to Investigate Financial Fraud: Senator Kaufman explains why more law enforcement resources are needed to investigate financial fraud, and how the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 will help reach this goal, in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/20/09 (02:40). Click here to view this video.

April 2, 2009

We Are Being Treated to Lectures About Debt From Our "Free-Borrowing" Friends: Senator Whitehouse takes issue with Republicans who are critical of President Obama's efforts to "dig out from under the Bush economic collapse" and deal with the problems facing the nation in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/1/09 (01:43). Click here to view this video.

Dealing With Climate Change Does Not Mean a Tax Increase: Senator Boxer explains how the Senate can create a free market mechanism for reducing the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/2/09 (01:43). Click here to view this video.

We Need Transparency at the Federal Reserve: Senator Sanders asserts that the American people have a right to know who the Federal Reserve is lending money to, and what it is asking in return, in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/2/09 (03:10). Click here to view this video.

April 1, 2009

This Budget Will Help Get Our Economy Moving Again: Senator Reed summarizes the highlights of the Senate Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2010 and explains how it will help middle-class Americans in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/1/09 (02:57). Click here to view this video.

Our Challenge is to Bring Health Care Costs Down: Senator Casey explains why we must reduce health care costs for middle-class families -- and the federal government -- in a speech on the Senate floor on 4/1/09 (03:13). Click here to view this video.

March 31, 2009

President Obama Puts the Middle-Class First and Gets the Country Back on Track: Senator Murray summarizes the priorities in President Obama's FY 2010 budget in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/31/09 (02:25). Click here to view this video.

It's Better to Be in "The Party of Hope" Than "The Party of Nope": Senator Boxer states that President Obama's FY 2010 budget will help the nation recover from the Republican deficit and give hope to the middle-class in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/31/09 (03:25). Click here to view this video.

When Are We Going to Act on Climate Change? Senator Durbin expresses frustration at Republicans who have used procedural tactics to prevent the Senate from debating climate change in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/31/09 (03:20). Click here to view this video.

March 30, 2009

How Do We Get Out of the Deficit Hole We’ve Inherited? Senator Bill Nelson explains how the FY 2010 budget will both bring down the deficit that the Obama Administration has inherited, and provide additional economic stimulus to help get the economy moving again in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/30/09 (02:14). Click here to view this video.

No President Has Faced This Many Crises Since FDR: Senator Conrad states that the housing, banking, and financial crises were all "deeply under way" when President Obama entered the White House, and he has been called upon to "clean up the mess" in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/30/09 (0:46). Click here to view this video.

What Caused the Financial Crisis? Senator Dorgan addresses the need to create a Senate Select Committee to learn what has caused the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression in remarks on the Senate floor on 3/30/09 (02:15). Click here to view this video.

March 26, 2009

President Obama's Budget Focuses on the Real Problems Facing American Families: Senator Stabenow rejects the Republican "Politics of No" and urges the Senate to support a budget that will do what is right for American families in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/25/09 (03:03). Click here to view this video.

A Budget is a Reflection of Our Values: Senator Casey states that President Obama's FY 2010 budget is about people -- and reflects the priorities and values of the American people -- in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/26/09 (03:36). Click here to view this video.

March 25, 2009

Same Old Politics, Same Old Policies: Senator Boxer chastises Senate Republicans for criticizing President Obama's FY 2010 budget, pointing out that they were silent while President Bush led the nation into "the worst recession since the great depression" in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/25/09 (02:21). Click here to view this video.

Almost Three Million Volunteers Give Their Time and Energy to the Nation: As the Senate considers national service legislation, Senator Durbin talks about the contributions that volunteers make to the nation in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/25/09 (02:20). Click here to view this video.

Our Greatest Assets Are Our People: Senator Landrieu states that the national service legislation calls for Americans to give their time and talent to our nation in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/25/09 (01:32). Click here to view this video.

March 24, 2009

Bold Action, Innovation and Transparency Will Get the Economy Growing Again: Senator Warner explains why the Recovery Act will be successful, as Virgina's experience during the previous recession demonstrates, in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/24/09 (03:29). Click here to view this video.

We Need a Smart, Fair, Responsible Budget: Senator Durbin states that the economic recovery package was just the first step in the effort to recover from the worst economic crisis in 75 years, and explains how President Obama's FY 2010 budget will continue moving us toward economic recovery in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/24/09 (02:53). Click here to view this video.

March 23, 2009

President Obama's Budget Sets the Right Priorities for the Nation: Senator Reid describes what's at stake as the Senate prepares to take up the Obama Administration's FY 2010 budget in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/23/09 (0:55). Click here to view this video.

Promoting Access to Primary Care Will Lower Health Care Costs and Increase Quality: Senator Klobuchar describes what the Senate should do to repair the nation's health care system in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/23/09 (01:23). Click here to view this video.

March 19, 2009

President Obama's Budget Focuses on Policies That Will Repair Our Economy: Senator Whitehouse describes how President Obama's proposed budget would lay the foundation for long-term economic growth in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/19/09 (02:35). Click here to view this video.

Americans Need the Skills to Make Sound Financial Decisions: Senator Murray supports the passage of legislation to help educate Americans about financial planning in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/19/09 (02:04). Click here to view this video.

Irresponsible Mortgage Brokers Misled Homeowners: Senator Durbin explains how some mortgage brokers lured homeowners into mortgages that were "just plain wrong" in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/19/09 (03:08). Click here to view this video.

March 18, 2009

The Budget Should Reflect Our Beliefs: Senator Stabenow praises President Obama's FY 2010 budget as a "moral document" that reflects the values and priorities of the American people, focusing on education, health care, energy independence and a tax policy that treats the middle class fairly, in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/18/09 (03:03). Click here to view this video.

Where is the Remorse? Senator Mikulski expresses anger and frustration at AIG's "moral bankruptcy" that allows the company to justify giving millions of dollars in bonuses to undeserving employees despite the company's bankruptcy and being bailed out by American taxpayers in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/18/09 (03:45). Click here to view this video.

Our Trade Deficit is Contributing to the U.S. Financial Crisis: Senator Dorgan explains why our trade deficit of more than $2 billion a day has exacerbated the financial crisis in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/18/09 (03:42). Click here to view this video.

March 17, 2009

$165 million in Undeserved Bonuses Must be Returned to the American Taxpayer: Senator Schumer describes AIG's "disgraceful" plan to pay millions of dollars in bonuses to those employees who drove the company into bankruptcy in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/17/09 (01:53). Click here to view this video.

AIG Must Give the Money Back: Senator Boxer calls AIG's desire to pay bonuses to its underperforming employees "disgusting" and states that companies that turn to the American taxpayer to save them from bankruptcy should not squander that money in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/17/09 (01:00). Click here to view this video.

March 12, 2009

The Law Applies to Wall Street Too: Senator Sanders explains why there should be an investigation into what caused the financial crisis that plunged the nation into deep recession in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/12/09 (02:29). Click here to view this video.

We Need a Fully Functioning Justice Department to Hold People Accountable: Senator Klobuchar cites the increase in financial crimes during the current economic crisis as one more reason the Senate should confirm President Obama’s Deputy Attorney General nominee in remarks on the Senate floor on 3/12/09 (01:43). Click here to view this video.

People Give to Charity to Help People in Need: Senator Leahy dismisses the suggestion that the wealthy will stop giving to charity without tax breaks, pointing out that plenty of middle-class Americans contribute a larger proportion of their wealth to charity without special tax breaks in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/12/09 (03:24). Click here to view this video.

March 11, 2009

The Cost of Health Care Has Weighed Down Our Economy Long Enough: Senator Baucus makes the case for urgent action on comprehensive health care reform in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/11/09 (02:24). Click here to view this video.

It Was a Mistake to Separate Banking from Risk: Senator Dorgan lays out the steps the nation should take to repair the financial system in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/11/09 (01:32). Click here to view this video.

March 10, 2009

The Senate Should Pass the Omnibus Appropriations Bill: Senator Menendez describes why the Omnibus Appropriations bill is such an important piece of legislation in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/10/09 (02:56). Click here to view this video.

Why Are Republicans Opposing Everything? Senator Reid questions why Senate Republicans are opposed to the Omnibus Appropriations bill, but were silent while the Bush Administration ran up huge deficits in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/10/09 (02:02). Click here to view this video.

The Senate Should Let the Citizens of D.C. Make Their Own Decisions on Education: Senator Durbin states that it is wrong for the Senate to impose its will on the citizens of the District of Columbia in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/10/09 (02:56). Click here to view this video.

March 5, 2009

Pass the Omnibus Appropriations Bill Now: Senator Reed describes why it is so important that the Senate pass the Omnibus Appropriations bill currently before the Senate in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/5/09 (02:20). Click here to view this video.

Americans Need Access to Lower Cost Prescription Drugs: Senator Dorgan talks about how costly prescription drugs are, and describes the legislation he and other Senators have introduced to make prescription drugs affordable and safe, in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/5/09 (02:37). Click here to view this video.

March 4, 2009

Private Tax Collectors Are a Waste of Taxpayer Funds: Senator Dorgan states that private tax collection agencies are costing taxpayers millions of dollars, failing to meet collection goals, and are less efficient than the IRS, in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/4/09 (02:49). Click here to view this video.

Using Private Companies to Collect Taxes is More Costly than Relying on the IRS: Senator Durbin explains why the IRS should stop funding the private tax collection program in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/4/09 (02:58). Click here to view this video.

March 3, 2009

Pass the Omnibus Appropriations Bill Quickly: Senator Durbin talks about the Omnibus Appropriations bill currently before the Senate in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/3/09 (02:27). Click here to view this video.

A Budget That Stands for "Hope" and Not "Nope:" Senator Boxer states that the Senate should avoid making the mistakes that led to the current economic crisis, and should pass a budget that reflects what the nation has learned from this crisis in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/3/09 (02:38). Click here to view this video.

March 2, 2009

We Have an Opportunity to Achieve Bipartisan Health Care Reform: Senator Wyden explains why Democrats and Republicans should come together and work with the Obama Administration to reform our health care system in a speech on the Senate floor on 3/2/09 (02:31). Click here to view this video.

Why Did Merrill Lynch Pay Billions of Dollars in Bonuses Despite Record Losses? Senator Dorgan recounts how Merrill Lynch paid its top executives $3.6 billion in bonuses just a month before being taken over by Bank of America, despite a $15 billion loss for the year, in a speech on the Senate floor on 2/27/09 (03:43). Click here to view this video.

February 26, 2009

The Economic Recovery Package Will Put Our Country on the Path to Success: Senator Brown describes how the economic recovery package passed last week will stimulate the economy and create jobs in a speech on the Senate floor on 2/26/09 (01:46). Click here to view this video.

Passing the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act will Right a Centuries-Old Wrong: Senator Reid explains why it is so important to give the residents of the District of Columbia a vote in Congress in a speech on the Senate floor on 2/26/09 (01:03). Click here to view this video.

February 25, 2009

District of Columbia Residents Deserve the Chance to Elect a Representative Who has a Vote in Congress: Senator Leahy explains why the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 is constitutional in a speech on the Senate floor on 2/25/09 (01:52). Click here to view this video.

Let's Ensure that the Economic Recovery Funding is Used Wisely: Senator Dorgan argues in favor of exercising oversight in how the economic recovery funding is used, and voices his support for President Obama's appointment of a "watch dog" to ensure funds are spent appropriately. (0:54). Click here to view this video.

February 24, 2009

District of Columbia Residents Should Have a Voice in Congress: Senator Durbin speaks in favor of the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 and explains why D.C. residents should be permitted to participate fully in the democracy of our nation in a speech on the Senate floor on 2/24/09 (03:11). Click here to view this video.

Be the Party of Hope, Not the Party of Nope: Referring to the economic recovery legislation, Senator Boxer explains why Senators should be willing to take risks and put aside party, ideology and politics for the welfare of the nation in a speech on the Senate floor on 2/24/09 (02:45). Click here to view this video.

February 23, 2009

Affordable Health Insurance Must be Available to All Americans: Senator Whitehouse reviews the state of the nation's health care system, and talks about the Senate's responsibility to ensure that all Americans have access to quality, affordable health care in a speech on the Senate floor on 2/23/09 (02:23). Click here to view this video.

February 13, 2009

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