Mr. President, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. Under the previous order, the clerk will read the pay-go statement. The legislative clerk read as follows: Mr. Conrad: This is the Statement of Budgetary Effects of PAYGO…

Mr. President, Senator Harkin and many on the HELP Committee have worked hard on the bill that is before us. But it has fatal flaws, especially at a time when there is a $14 trillion debt and a $1.3 trillion deficit, and it doesn't fix the…

Mr. Speaker, I must rise in opposition to this bill. This bill includes more than $1 billion to settle the Pigford discrimination suit against USDA, in addition to the billion dollars we have already spent. While I want to see a resolution…

Let me ask if I could extend my time by 5 minutes. Is there objection? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, first of all, I appreciate the fact no one objected to my unanimous consent request that I will be taking my 15 minutes from this side and 15 minutes from the other side and run them together. I appreciate that very much…

Before. No objection. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from South Dakota is recognized.

Mr. President, it is my intention that I be heard tonight concerning some of the amendments to be voted on tomorrow. It is my understanding further that Senator Enzi from Wyoming has the time between 5:30 and 6 o'clock. I request that I be…

I ask unanimous consent, to get an order so we know what we are doing after we hear from the Senator from Florida, Mr. LeMieux, and then the words from the Senator from New Jersey, Mr. Lautenberg, that I then would get my 15 minutes from…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that after the chairman of the Appropriations Committee speaks we alternate back and forth. We are planning to turn in a bunch of our time--to yield back a bunch of our time--and I would suggest that…

Mr. President, I just want to show my colleagues the difference. One of the motions we will vote on on suspending the rules tomorrow is, here is S. 510, 280 pages of new rules and new regulations. Here is the alternative, which is…

To the Senator from Illinois, I am just bringing these up. I have to bring them up either in the morning or this evening for votes in the morning, so I am just bringing them up to be available for consideration under a suspension of the…

I thank the chairman for yielding. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Hawaii.

Mr. President, we have just invoked cloture on the food safety bill, and I think it is important for the American people to know what that means. That means we are going to spend another $1.4 billion of their money. No. 2, we are going to…

Mr. President, the development of natural gas in the U.S. is vital to our energy security, environment, and economy. As we continue to craft policies affecting the development of natural gas, we must ensure participants in policy crafting…

Mr. President, as Mark Twain might have characterized where we were a short while ago, reports of the death of cap and trade have been greatly exaggerated. It is true we defeated all the bills. This was after the Kyoto Treaty, which failed…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be recognized as in morning business for such time as I shall consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Global Warming

Thank you, Mr. President. I wish to spend a few minutes discussing the bill that is before us. Having been a manufacturing manager for 10 years, producing products that came through the medical device industry, and having dealt with the…

Mr. President, I submit the following notice in writing: In accordance with rule V of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby give notice in writing that it is my intention to move to suspend rule XXII, for the purpose of proposing and…