I will oppose that amendment. My worry is because of the process of the Senate, we may not get that amendment to vote on. My colleague, as part of our leadership, would recognize that we have a problem with amendments.

The Senator obviously didn't hear what I said. I said I support ethanol, and I would not support that. I have been upfront with the Senator in the past, and you know my position on that. So the question here--and I ask him a question: How…

Is it appropriate for DOJ to redact documents, sometimes heavily, page after page after page, in response to a subpoena?

Hundreds of pages of documents don't help to be able to count that they have turned over hundreds of pages when they are all heavily redacted at that point.

Madam President, as a matter of right, I ask that my amendment be modified with the changes I now send to the desk. Further, I make the point that I retain my right to the floor after the modification is made under the precedents of the…

Madam President, I want to discuss for a minute the modification to my amendment. Corn prices today are at their highest level since 1974. Corn supply is at its lowest level since 1974. We have tremendous problems with food inflation in…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside and I call up amendment No. 436. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, the clerk will report. The assistant editor of the Daily Digest…

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: Beginning on page 17, strike line 14 and all that follows…

Madam President, I now send a cloture motion to the desk on the pending amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The cloture motion having been presented under rule XXII, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion. The assistant legislative…

Madam President, I ask my colleague, my senior Senator from Oklahoma--who I do not think is on the floor right now--to allow time for Senator Brown to bring up an amendment. I yield to him at this time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator…

Mr. President, I have listened to this debate all morning, as an original cosponsor with Senator Snowe on her bill. I wish to talk about the EDA first, and then I will talk about what most of us do not realize because most of us have not…

Mr. President, I want to make a couple of comments. I said in my earlier comments there are some good things about the EDA. But the fact is, they are all self-reported. There is no data. There are no methods. Any time you send money to the…

I want to finish my points and then leave the floor because I have something else I have to do. It is amazing the negative effects we all are hearing from all across the country. Every Senator is hearing how regulation is drowning out…

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 printed in today's Record under ``Text of Amendments.'')

Madam President, I ask by unanimous consent that I be allowed to speak as in morning business, which I know the Chair will honor. However, I want to mention one of these two amendments. I think it is very significant. It is somewhat…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of the presentation by the junior Senator from Oklahoma I be recognized as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered…

All right. While I am holding off, it is my understanding that some of the rest of them are getting in the queue, and I am trying to get these three in with the same treatment that has been afforded those before me. Amendments Nos. 430 and…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment for consideration of the following three amendments: Nos. 429, 430, and 438.