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“UNANIMOUS-CONSENT REQUEST--S. 3325” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Senate section on pages S9469 on Sept. 25, 2008.
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UNANIMOUS-CONSENT REQUEST--S. 3325
Mr. KOHL. Madam President, I am going to yield the floor, but before I do, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 964, S. 3325; that the committee amendments be withdrawn, a Leahy substitute amendment which is at the desk be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a third time and passed, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
Mr. COBURN. Madam President, reserving the right to object, I would tell the Senator from Wisconsin I agree with the purposes of this bill. At the beginning of the 109th Congress, I held two hearings on the west coast on the policy associated with our IPs. I am strongly supportive of what you are doing. However, there is a conflict presently in negotiations on this bill about metrics and oversight which has not been worked out.
My consternation is we are going to put $300 million plus into this program, but we are not going to force the Justice Department to tell us what they are doing with it. Until such time as there are some teeth to make the Justice Department do what we tell them to do and report to us what they are doing, I am going to have to regretfully object. So I therefore offer an objection.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
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