Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my intern Andrew Dunn be given the full privilege of the floor for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my staff member Michael McKieran be given privileges of the floor until his paperwork is processed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I want to take a few minutes tonight to discuss the Intelligence authorization bill for fiscal year 2017. The Senate has been asked to provide unanimous consent to move forward on this legislation, and I have objected to…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Taylor Harding, an intern in my office, be given floor privileges for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I rise to continue the discussion about ``We the People,'' those beautiful, first three words in our Constitution. My colleague from New Mexico has laid out the case that our Nation is far off track from our founding…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my intern, Marty Bergen, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of the day. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Climate Change and Fossil Fuels

Madam President, global warming is the most grave concern facing human civilization on this planet. We are the first generation to see the impact, and that impact is occurring in so many ways right before us. In my home State of Oregon, we…

The slaughter in Orlando struck me with special impact. The massacre of patrons of the gay night club focused deliberately on the LGBT community came at a time of unparalleled progress for equality, capped by marriage equality. It was…

If I could have 10 additional seconds, and I appreciate my colleague's courtesy. Mr. McCAIN. Certainly.

The amendment gives the FBI field office authority to scoop up all this digital material without judicial oversight. That is a mistake. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President…

I thank my colleague for the time. Mr. McCAIN. I yield 3 minutes of my 10 minutes to the Senator from Oregon. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.

Mr. President, I thank my colleague. He and I have worked on this. He is really outlining the hypocrisy behind what has been going on over the past few days. Mr. President, due process ought to apply as it relates to guns, but due process…

Mr. President, I want to come back again to the argument I made earlier. The Senator from North Carolina said the FBI would have to wait around if there was something that really had the well-being of the American people at stake. That is…

Mr. President, the senior Senator from Arizona--whom, as I mentioned, I have worked with often--has said, in effect, if you oppose his amendment, you are interested in privacy. The reality is, my interest is in privacy and security. I…

Mr. President, I believe the next vote will take place on the amendment offered by the senior Senator from Arizona that would allow for the issuance of what are called national security letters, or NSLs, which are administrative subpoenas…

Mr. President, I say to my colleague that I just walked in and I am prepared to speak on another subject, whenever it is convenient for my colleague. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah.

I appreciate my colleague yielding, and I am a very, very strong supporter of her amendment because I think the idea of adding more resources is absolutely essential. As I look at these cases--and she and I have talked about this on the…