I yield the balance of my time to my colleague from New Jersey (Mr. Andrews). The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 15 seconds.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment No. 47 offered by Mr. Sarbanes: At the end of title VIII, add the following new section: SEC…

Thank you, Mr. Chair. This amendment, amendment number 47, I believe, in the queue, would bring standards of good government and good government practice to procurement across the Federal agencies. What it does, in fact, is it takes a set…

Mr. Chairman, may I inquire how much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Maryland has 1 minute remaining.

No, it is not tied to the investigation. With that, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 4191

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside so that I may offer amendment No. 4191. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The assistant bill clerk read as…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prohibit the use of funds for leasing…

Madam President, first, I thank the chairman and ranking member for allowing me the opportunity to offer this amendment. It imposes a moratorium on offshore drilling along the Atlantic coast and the Straits of Florida. I have already…

This amendment deals with the three Atlantic Planning Areas (North, Mid, and South) and the Straits of Florida Planning Area only, and it only becomes operational as long as this supplemental appropriations bill is in effect--through the…

Mr. President, I had intended to ask unanimous consent to set aside an amendment in order to offer amendment 4191, but I understand there are certain Senators who want to review that amendment before that request is made. That is certainly…

Ladies and gentlemen, we will soon bring to the floor a defense authorization bill that invests in our most important security needs: disrupting terrorists networks, countering nuclear proliferation, strengthening international cooperation…

Mr. President, the Restoring American Financial Stability Act is supposed to regulate Wall Street, not Main Street. It is Wall Street whose greed brought us the economic crisis. That is why I am voting for the Brownback motion to instruct…

That was very powerful, and it goes to what I asked our executive branch, more of a sense of urgency here. Pick it up.

There is a report that came out this month, written by Elana Schor, that said that 20 percent of the BP oil-spill workers have been exposed to 2-Butoxyethenol, which is a chemical known to have made Exxon Valdez workers sick.

Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor a great American and true leader, Dr. Harold A. Carter, Sr., of Baltimore. His is a vision and a mission, grounded in the civil rights movement of the 1960s, that has compelling importance for our Nation today…

I thank the gentleman for his question and for yielding. With respect to the budget, as the gentleman knows, I personally want to see a budget move forward. Mr. Spratt has been working very hard to try to see if we can reach consensus on…

Mr. Speaker. I ask unanimous consent that when the House adjourns tomorrow, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday next for morning-hour debate; and further, that when the House adjourns on that day, it adjourn to meet at 10:30 a.m. on…