I am very pleased to be here this morning. On Sunday, November 1, the Kansas City Royals took game five of the World Series from a very good New York Mets team. They beat them in the 12th inning, and they bring the Commissioner's Trophy…

What this amendment does is it strikes some very commonsense regulatory reforms in the bill. The underlying bill requires the Department of Transportation to study whether an increase in minimum insurance levels for intercity buses is…

Again, what we are trying to do with this program is just allow those drivers to be able to cross the State line. Again, they are already allowed to go an entire State's length within the State. I would ask my colleagues to oppose the…

This amendment would strike a limited pilot program that is authorizing drivers over the age of 19\1/ 2\ to enter into a graduated program to obtain a commercial driver's license. The program is very limited to a number of States and a…

Again, this guts some very important parts of this bill. I urge my colleagues to oppose the amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms…

This amendment literally just guts some very crucial reforms to this bill. What this amendment does is strikes a section in the bill that requires the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to remove from its Web site those compliance…

Although I don't oppose the amendment, I ask unanimous consent to claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Missouri? There was no objection. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is…

This particular amendment really is in the jurisdiction of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. They are in favor of the amendment, so we are going to urge our colleagues to support it. We are not going to oppose it. I yield back…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Missouri is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is…

Mr. President, I had a few minutes yesterday before the vote--the Congressional Review Act vote on this truly terrible EPA rule on water--to talk about the reasons EPA shouldn't do this, the long- term understanding of what ``navigable…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the cosponsors of the resolution I am about to call up and I be allowed to engage in a colloquy. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of S. Res. 305, submitted earlier today. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The bill clerk read as follows: A resolution…

Mr. President, it may be obvious that my colleagues and I, here in the back of the room--even during a serious debate--are a little happier than the Senate usually finds itself. Of course, we are very pleased to be able to commend our…

``Them apples'' as in the Big Apple? Are those the apples we are talking about? I start in the spring going to minor league games and to major league games, but as we go back and forth across the border here, there is no bigger, more…

There are a lot of life lessons watching the Royals. There might even be some lessons for us Senators watching the Royals and the way they do what they do. I yield the floor. ____________________

It was a great season. We have had a great time here on the floor talking about the Royals and the Kansas City spirit that drove those teams. For us Missourians, maybe we will see both of our teams in the World Series again next year.

Mr. President, my good friend from Kansas mentioned that distance between third base and home plate, and in the ninth inning of the fifth game of the World Series, Hosmer was on third, and I believe there was one out. A ball was hit…