This is a straightforward amendment on conferences. We all have seen what happened with the GSA conference. This is all about transparency and creating a system where we are actually getting to see what is spent on conferences. There is…

Mr. President, I sit on this committee. I voted on the last postal reform bill. I am not unfamiliar with the issues. I think the question before us is why can't we do both? Why can't we fix the post office and pay for it at the same time…

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 2060. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Coburn] for himself, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, and Mr. McCain, proposes an…

Madam President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.

Thank you. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment, as modified.

Madam President, the difference is you are going to pay $25,000 to people to retire. The Postmaster General has already said he needs to have 120,000 fewer employees. That will grow over a period of time. We are setting a precedent with…

But overall, government total spending was $1 billion, and we got $4 billion in savings.

If the doctors who are signing false certifications for home health are not going to jail, you are not sending the signal for other doctors to change their behavior.

That is great. And I appreciate that. That is all I could ask.

We are seeing the conversion of wetland and grassland habitat in the prairies at rates that are unprecedented.

OK. I appreciate that very much.

I appreciate the President extending the stay of those advisors in Uganda.

Now, on the chimpanzee, you would not support a total, outright ban on all experiments on the chimpanzee?

Senator Lautenberg has been a leader in raising the profile of white-nose syndrome.

I continue to call for the Fish and Wildlife Service to allow these voluntary efforts to achieve results before going through with the listing decision.

Today's hearing is a great opportunity to put the spotlight on voluntary efforts, as time and time again they prove to be the best methods of achieving land and species conservation goals without destroying jobs and hurting our economy.

Do you really think that would not have happened if we had not had the opportunity to use chimpanzees?

It incentivizes non-Government funds for wetland and wildlife habitat conservation.