I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to amendment No. 796. Under the previous order, the amendment requires 60 votes for adoption. The…

This is an amendment that addresses something that is going on that I think we should not allow. We have a lot of great programs that help a lot of cities and States out by creating loans that allow the cities and States to do something…

Mr. President, they did offer, but they told us they didn't have the time to work it out. The fact is, these are life-threatening emergencies. If one person dies because we don't do this, it is on our hands. I ask for the yeas and nays…

Mr. President, there are 4,000 properties in the United States that get money from HUD for housing to help people whom we want to help. There are 450 owners who are chronically on the list of slumlords, who put the people who live in these…

Mr. President, how much time do I have remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has 16 seconds remaining.

Mr. President, we have 2,705 people in this country who had adjusted gross incomes in excess of $2.5 million last year who got farm payments--direct farm payments. This is an amendment that will limit adjusted gross incomes above $1…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to call up the following amendments en bloc, displacing the amendment that is present, but considering each one of them individually: amendments Nos. 794 through 797, amendments Nos. 799 through 801…

Mr. President, is the next ordered amendment No. 796? The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is correct.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.

Mr. President, $1 million a year and we are giving them money. We have a $1.3 trillion deficit, and we continue to hear the defense of that. It would be great if we do a new farm program. But the fact is, that is not a given. If we pass…

Madam President, I wish to speak for a moment in regard to amendment No. 739, which is Senator McCain's amendment. Senator McCain has been very careful with this amendment, to make sure, in terms of enhancements, that he excluded those…

Mr. President, I ask the pending amendment be set aside and my previous pending amendment No. 792 be brought up. I have a modification to that amendment that I sent to the desk. I thank the Senator from California for giving me this…

I think the appropriate time is here. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Oklahoma.

Well, let me clarify. It doesn't make any difference to the Senator from Arizona or to me how much time I have. I need to have about 5 minutes to clarify a couple of things.

It is my understanding that the last 10 minutes would be equally divided, but perhaps the Senator from Arizona has already used maybe 2 of those minutes. Is that correct? I just want to be recognized for, say, 6 minutes in opposition. The…

I have a parliamentary inquiry. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Oklahoma.

Mr. President, I know there is a lot of confusion, and a lot of people are blaming President Obama for sending 100 troops into northern Uganda. First, I want to make sure everyone knows I am not a fan of President Obama. He is responsible…

I would like to, and I would be happy to yield the floor to anyone else who comes to offer an amendment, if the Senator would alert me to that.