No objection, Mr. President. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota.

Mr. President, I thank my colleague. I think discussions we have had just in the past hour here since we have had the vote and the various amendments we now have pending before us--this is a good conversation. This is a good discussion and…

Mr. President, obviously, Senator Toomey will come to the floor to speak to his amendment. I wish to follow up on the comments of the Senator from Illinois, who was referring to petcoke. Senator Toomey in his amendment is attempting to…

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: (Purpose: To continue cleaning up fields and streams while protecting…

Mr. President, at this time I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment to call up the Toomey amendment No. 41. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The…

Very briefly on Senator Lee's amendment--he will be here to speak to it--this is a measure which would ensure that the rate of legal fees that are paid in Endangered Species Act cases would be consistent with those in other cases that are…

Mr. 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: (Purpose: To conform citizen suits under the Endangered…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment to call up Senator Lee's amendment No. 33. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as…

Mr. President, we have disposed of three pending amendments that were before us. As we mentioned earlier, we are looking forward to Members coming down to the floor to offer their amendments. We have agreed to a process here this…

I know of no further debate on the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment, as modified.

Mr. President, I have a parliamentary inquiry. Is there a request from the Senator from Massachusetts to speak to this amendment for 1 minute? What is the request? The PRESIDING OFFICER. He asked unanimous consent to speak for 1 minute.

Mr. President, I move to table the Markey amendment and ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second.

Mr. President, at this time I call for regular order with respect to Markey amendment No. 13. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is now pending.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Portman amendment No. 3 be modified with the changes that are at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment, as modified, is as…

Mr. President, I will take a couple of minutes before we vote to speak to the Franken amendment. I think all of us want to buy American and buy local whenever and wherever we can. We strongly support that since it does mean jobs--whether…

Mr. President, we are back on the bill before us, a measure that would allow for the permit to be approved to allow for construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline from Canada into the United States. We had good discussion last week…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator Shaheen be recognized to speak for 1 minute and that Senator Portman be recognized to speak for 1 minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I believe the sponsor of this legislation, Senator Hoeven, would like to address the Chamber for a few minutes this afternoon not only on the amendments that are pending but the bigger picture of Keystone XL. The PRESIDING…