OK, it has been 16 years since the Federal aid program authorized the use of State infrastructure banks.

I mean, this is not just a matter of convenience; it is a matter of life and death.

Clearly, we need to think about how we can do things differently.

That is my point. This has been available to everyone, and you haven't turned them away. I think you have answered it very well.

Mr. President, I compliment my colleague from Virginia. I am a cosponsor of his amendment. I think it is a very noble attempt to try to put better hands on the stimulus. It is interesting to note that when we had the first hearing with the…

Mr. President, I understand the Senator from Virginia is going to speak now, and I ask unanimous consent that when he finishes, I be given 45 minutes at the completion of his time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without…

Mr. President, I wish to spend time talking about the bill we are considering. Yesterday afternoon, I had the great fortune--my daughter was performing in Florida and was driving back to New York. I got to see my 7-month-old granddaughter…

Mr. President, I object on behalf of the managers who are not present at this time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be. All time is yielded back. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk…

Mr. President, we just voice voted an amendment that will not do anything. What this amendment says is, where we violate our own rules in terms of pay-go, we will actually publish both the number of times and the amount of dollars we do…

Mr. President, we are going to have an amendment on the floor in just a moment that simply requires the Senate to post every time they create a new program and every time they spend money outside of pay-go so that we truly are transparent…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to take that time, if I may. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Every summer, we have thousands of kids hit the ER, whether they ran into a pole or they had a baseball bing them in the head. The standard of care now is to put that child through a CT scan. These are children the vast majority of whom…

Mr. President, if the Senator will yield, one of the important points he made a moment ago is a doctor sitting down and listening to their patient. Mayo has it right. If you are not going to pay us enough to sit down, we refuse to practice…

Mr. President, let me respond to a couple of the remarks of my good friend from Illinois. I listen to this all the time, people talking about during the Bush administration, the costs that have gone up, the deficits and all this stuff. I…

I ask unanimous consent to speak in morning business for such time as I shall consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Mr. President, I come to the floor this evening to announce the introduction of a bill, S. 3095. It is called the Honest Expenditure Limitation Act of 2010. It spells HELP. It is the HELP Act of 2010. On February 1 of 2010, President Obama…