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You can hear an archived speech by Sen. Carter online.
Photos and story by Dana Haynes
The Oregon Senate passed a deferred maintenance bill last week, but not without some strenuous opposition on the Senate floor. That includes projects for 小黄猫传媒. It goes to the House next.
Wednesday’s session was the first, good, healthy debate of the year in the Senate chamber. People 鈥 wrongly 鈥 thing that the emotional give-and-take on the House or Senate floor as unpleasant or uncivil partisan wrangling. Rather, it鈥檚 the airing of legitimate points of view. Such debate is good, it鈥檚 healthy.
In particular, I point you to the words of Sen. Margaret Carter. She gave one of the most powerful and stirring arguments I鈥檝e heard in my many years at the Capitol.
She was followed by Senate President Peter Courtney, who blew the doors off the room. Powerful stuff.
To hear . In the upper right-hand corner, click on 鈥淎udio/Visual.鈥 Click on 鈥淎udio Archives 2009 Session.鈥 Click on 鈥淪enate Archives,鈥 then on 鈥01/28/2009.鈥
The whole debate is terrific and well worth listening to, although it does stretch for an hour and 53 minutes. If you want to hear Sen. Carter鈥檚 stirring speech, fast forward to about the 1 hour 20 minute mark.
Alas, Sen. Courtney鈥檚 closing statements were truncated. You鈥檒l have to trust me.
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About Dana Haynes
Dana Haynes, joined 小黄猫传媒 in 2007 as the manager of the Office of Public Affairs, directing the college's media and government relations. Haynes spent the previous 20 years as a reporter, columnist and editor for Oregon newspapers, including ... more »