If confirmed, I would convey your message to President Lobo.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to return to the pending amendment, amendment No. 183. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Thank you. Again, I thank the Senator from Louisiana. This is an amendment to the underlying bill. It is a very significant one. To give a little background, for the last 9 years, I have had an effort to stop legislation called…

What the investigation makes clear above all else is that management failures, not mechanical failures, were the ultimate source of the disaster.

The avoidance of a return to war between Sudan and South Sudan and the speedy resolution of the remaining CPA issues will remain a priority.

The establishment of a strong economic and development foundation is critical to the long-term success of South Sudan.

It is very rare that we get people who honestly have a heart for Africa.

That's going great. My time has expired. But I would only say that we were able to randomly talk, select some people out, Afghans, and get their take on this thing, and I understand that literacy issue. The training is going very well…

I don't recall a better, more comprehensive, opening statement and I appreciate that very much.

Mr. President, I was hoping to have a little bit more time, so I will cover this a little faster than I normally would. It is so critical. I just got back from the Middle East, and I know the problems that are over there. A lot of people…

Mr. President, will you kindly advise me when I have 10 minutes left, please. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair will do so.

Mr. President, I come to the floor today to talk about where we find ourselves. Nobody has spent more time in the last 6\1/2\ years on this floor talking about the problem in front of us. Hopefully I can do that in a way that would never…

I thank the Chair. Here is a list of ideas that comes to $380 billion, of things that we would, as normal Americans sitting at our family table, say: You are in trouble. Forty percent of your budget you are spending you do not have the…

One word is perfect for the timing.

Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 166, had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' ____________________

And we need to have a fiscal path that would bring us to stabilizing the debt at a sustainable level and then below over more time.

And there is this sense that is rising up that I sense from Americans, saying we have got to take on the big, difficult thing of our time, and that is our debt.

I appreciate very much your time and for being here and investing in the future of our country.