How much time on the other side has been used? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont has 30 seconds remaining.

I only had one speaker and I had 15 minutes. Did he use 7\1/2\, 8 minutes? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair was instructed that the Senator from California spoke on the time of the Senator from Georgia.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the time the Senator from California used be added to my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

Mr. President, how much time is remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has 5\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Mr. President, in closing, let me say there are any number of reasons why the substance of this bill is totally flawed. We live in a dangerous world today. We all know and understand that. While the provisions in this bill wouldn't have…

I yield back the remaining time, and I ask for the yeas and nays. Cloture Motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, which the clerk will state. The assistant bill…

I join with my colleague Senator Isakson in recommending that all of our colleagues vote for all three of these judges: Judge Eleanor Ross, Judge Mark Cohen, and Judge Leslie Abrams-- or future judges in all three cases. They are excellent…

How much time do I have remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Six and a half minutes.

Thank you, Chairman Sanders. I held a hearing in Atlanta a year-and-a-half ago over the tragic suicides that took place at the VA hospital on Clairmont Road.

On behalf of the people of Georgia, the next three votes will be three judges for the State of Georgia. Senator Chambliss, the senior Senator from Georgia, has done an outstanding job of leading our Judiciary Committee to negotiate with…

Mr. President, my oldest son graduated from Tulane University in New Orleans with a master's degree in economics. He wrote a paper for his master's thesis called ``The Dutch Disease.'' I had never heard of the Dutch disease, but, him being…

VA has trained over 6,100 VA mental health professionals to provide two of the most effective evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD.

I want to know, though, how much of that is contract community-based care and how much of it is in-house controlled care.

The sacrifice of your sons for America is what keeps America strong.

the VA basically is a 21st century problem operating in an 20th century environment.

Madam President, I wish to join the senior Senator from Georgia, who was kind enough to invite our guest Chaplain today. George Dillard is a great chaplain in our State, a great civic leader, a great Christian leader, and a great leader in…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Randolph D. Moss, of Maryland, to be United States…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 3 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________