Senate Proceeding on May 13th, 2009 :: 1:08:15 to 1:10:10
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Jeff Merkley: yield the m the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: i rise to speak in support of confirming david hayes to be secretary of interior. mr. hayes is supremely qualified. he has held this exact position before in the clinton ad he has an impressive track record of handling controversial issues and doing so by building

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Speech By: Jeff Merkley

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Jeff Merkley: consensus among diverse constituencies. he has successfully used this approach a number of times, working in our western states. he worked closely with the senator from arizona on a range of water and environmental issues and negotiated the framework for the az water and settle -- arizona water and settlement act, involving

1:08:54 to 1:09:14( Edit History Discussion )

Jeff Merkley: municipal, agricultural and tribal water users in the state of arizona. and that is no small matter. you know, they say in the west that whiskey, that's nor talking. but water, that's for fighting. that's how important it is. that's how difficult it is. and it took a good man like this

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Jeff Merkley: to come together and bring interests to solve those problems and move forward. in addition, with senator feinstein to negotiate the acquisition and protection of old-growth redwood head water forests -- the presiding officer: the senator's time has mr. merkley: thank you, mr. president. i'll ask that the balance of my comments be inserted in the

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Jeff Merkley: record and that we have a strong affirmative vote to fill out the interior department and put him to nation. thank you. the presiding officer: without objectio clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we the undersigned senatorsn accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the

1:09:57 to 1:10:11( Edit History Discussion )

Jeff Merkley: standing rules of t hereby move to bring to a close the debate on the nomination of david j. hayes of virginia to be deputy secreta interior. signed by 17 the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived.