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…

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…

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

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, 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…

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 President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate is not in a quorum call right now.

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

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…

Oh, very good. Then I withdraw my request and ask that I might be recognized. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is recognized.

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…

I ask unanimous consent that the following letter be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, November 16, 2010. Hon. Mitch McConnell…

Mr. President, I need to tell Molly I have reduced the length of my speech from 1 hour to 30 minutes because of something I totally did not expect. However, I think it is going to have a happy ending. I think the bottom line in all this…

Thank you, Mr. President. (The remarks of Mr. Inhofe pertaining to the introduction of S. 3939 are printed in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolutions.'') The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Burris). The Senator…