Judd Gregg

But I understand Senator Lautenberg is a cosponsor, so he does not get 15 minutes.

That means there would be no time in opposition. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Martinez). That is correct.

I assume the Senator from New Jersey will take the 6\1/2\ minutes. The Senator from Oregon wished to speak on the bill generally. It does not appear there will be a number of people speaking in opposition. After the Senator from New Jersey…

I appreciate that; or if we clear these, you do not have to stick around and we will make the request for you.

I obviously appreciate those generous comments coming from a man who is truly a legend in the Senate and has done an extraordinary service for this Nation over his many years in the Senate. I thank him. Those are very kind and generous…

At this time we will move to the amendment offered by Senator Grassley and Senator Dorgan. Hopefully they will both be here in short order to get that one started. I suggest the absence of a quorum.

We will be going to ANWR here in a second, and then we will go to the Grassley-Dorgan amendment, and then the Democratic leader of the bill will, I presume, compose an amendment and then we will go to the Lott amendment on Amtrak. Is that…

I believe my unanimous consent request was for 20 minutes for the Senator from Oregon, and I will add to that that the Senator from Florida be given 2 minutes.

Tomorrow, the Senate will continue its work on the deficit reduction bill, and under the time agreement, all time will expire at 6 p.m. tomorrow evening. I remind my colleagues to work with the bill managers if they plan to offer…

I would be surprised to know that because, as I understand it from staff, the estimate, as by CMS, is $1.68. But I guess we can turn to the record and find that out. You may be right, CMS may be right. In any event, the number seems to be…

We are giving your side 12 minutes, and I am getting 5 minutes. It does not sound to me that you are getting frozen out.

Under the unanimous consent agreement, the understanding was that we move on to the Inhofe amendment and to the Nelson amendment. And although it wasn't agreed to, I believe it can now be agreed to that the amendment in order after the…