With that, it appears that there is not a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Mr. President, on behalf of Senator DeMint, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment and offer amendments Nos. 763 and 764 en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw McCain amendment No. 741. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendments Nos. 763 and 764 En Bloc

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.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 Amendment No. 741 Withdrawn

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To ensure accountability in Federal grant programs administered…

Mr. President, I join my good friend in suggesting we would like to see our colleagues come over here. These three appropriations bills are being handled on the floor and they are open to amendment. We haven't had appropriations bills on…

Mr. President, I object on behalf of Senator Hatch and Senator Isakson. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to temporarily set aside the pending amendment to offer the Grassley amendment No. 860. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read…

Mr. President, I wish to join Senator Kohl in saying how much I appreciate Senator Collins working on this amendment and the purpose of the amendment and I think it is a good addition to the bill. I also think we had a good exchange of…

Mr. President, I am pleased to join Senator Kohl in supporting this bill, the fiscal year 2012 appropriations bill for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and related agencies. I am glad we are considering…

Madam President, I join with my good friend from South Dakota and the comments he made about the disadvantage we have created for ourselves in the last 3 years by not moving forward with these trade agreements long ago. But we are going to…

Let me first thank the gentlewoman from Alabama for her vision in speaking of one of America's great men. Shortly after Martin Luther King was killed in Memphis, Tennessee, I, just leaving college, became very active with the Southern…

Madam President, as we discuss what we should be talking about--how to get more people back to work--there are a lot of different approaches on how we get there. But I hope we can reach the decision that we need to do the things in…

Mr. President, I am pleased to cosponsor the bill with Senator Inhofe. Between he and I, we may have been to the scenes of more tornadoes than almost anybody else in America who is not a storm chaser. Because of where we live and what we…

Madam President, I wish to speak for a few minutes today about the bill that is on the floor, the amendment, in fact, to the general system of trade preferences bill. That amendment is trade adjustment assistance. Frankly, it is not a bill…

Mr. President, I want to talk about the disaster funding debate that is going on this week. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I appreciate the Presiding Officer's recognition. Mr. President, this is a debate that has become the debate as part of the Burma Sanctions Act, which if we were debating the Burma Sanctions Act I would also be for Burma sanctions. But in…

I think what Senator Portman and I thought when the President said for these three trade agreements to be voted on, we had to have trade adjustment assistance. We looked at the negotiated package. It was not exactly what any of us who…