Judd Gregg

I will not yield. I yielded to the Senator for 30 minutes when he asked for 10, and to tell you the truth, I don't think that was consistent with the comity of the Senate.

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…

Let me echo the comments of the Senator from North Dakota relative to his staff and himself. They are extraordinarily professional. As he mentioned, we do have some disagreements, but we do it in what I think is an appropriate way. We…

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.

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…

Point of order: No question was asked by the Senator from North Dakota. Is it correct to have an interchange of this nature?

I want to get the amendment in the queue. I will offer the amendment and then I will let the Senator from North Dakota yield to you for whatever you need for an opening statement--15 minutes?

In a few minutes, under the regular order, we will proceed to the deficit reduction bill. ____________________

At this point we turn to what is one of the more significant pieces of legislation to come before the Senate and the Congress during this session of the Senate. We always hear that. Whatever legislation comes to the Congress, they always…

I rise to address the issue which is being debated here relative to the amendment by Senator Harkin regarding the avian flu and how we are going to address this very serious potential pandemic. We all recognize this is a threat of dramatic…

First off, I would note that the amount that is in my amendment is the exact amount which the Senator from Rhode Island asked of the Appropriations Committee less than a month ago. It is the exact amount that the Senator from Maine asked…

The reason I sent this amendment up as a first-degree amendment is that I believe we have an understanding with Senator Reed and Senator Collins as to the voting sequence, and that is important, and that is why I originally asked to be…