Judd Gregg

It appears to be the Senator's position that since this budget point of order involves taking a discretionary program and making it an entitlement program that that is a technical point.

Those points having been made, I acknowledge defeat on this point. I admire, as I said, the chairman of the committee for being a successful chairman who knows how to get things done around here. We may disagree on occasion, but my…

I am asking that we move to this vote at 11:15, but if the Senator needs 5 minutes, we can make it 11:20.

Well, I will make the motion now and then ask we be in a quorum call until 11:15.

Our scoring of reconciliation recognizes how your response fits within the overall legislative landscape. The answer to your question is yes.

Obviously, the Senator has been responding to what I have been saying now for 2 hours. I have worked in 30 seconds, and I think we ought to give the Senator from Texas an opportunity.

Responding to the Senator's inquiry, Senator Hutchison is here, and I think she will be ready to go in 5 to 10 minutes.

We may want to put Senator Hutchison between Senators Akaka and Stabenow. But if not, we will go with that sequence.

Of course, we have homeland appropriations coming down. That is loaded with pork. The Senator from New Mexico just mentioned they changed the formula on milk to the tune of about $2.4 billion.

I do not find the bill compelling on balance. Yes, the bill does something that has to be done, which is to correct the problems the WTO has assessed against us relative to the duty that the European Union assessed against us relative to…

I agree with Chairman Stevens. We will do our most to support the House language. We are both aware of the significant funding needs the State Department is facing in the construction of a U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. I hope the Secretary of…

If we could add the confirmation of some of the judges who have been waiting for months, that would make this a good week.