Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that I be recognized in morning business for such time as I shall consume. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?

Mr. President, I wish to speak in morning business and will confine my remarks to the objections I just made to the leader's motions. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I object. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard. ____________________

Mr. President, I am simply amazed that, when we are borrowing $4.2 billion a day from our grandkids--that is what we are borrowing, $4.2 billion a day--we are going to run a $1.4 trillion deficit, and we have a unanimous consent request to…

Mr. President, I would like to take a few minutes today to speak about the importance of oversight. As you may recall, on April 22, 2010, EPA's new lead-based paint, the lead, renovation, repair and painting rule, went into effect. At that…

Mr. President, I read an article from the October 2010 edition of the Defense Technology International this morning that discussed military and other technology advances. Entitled ``Big Guns: China muscles up artillery punch,'' this…

Mr. President, today, I, along with Senators LeMieux, DeMint, and Inhofe, am introducing the FAST Act. At the same time, this same bill is being introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representative Peter Roskam. Both of us…

I object. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard. ____________________

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I will not object if the Senator would kindly amend her request to include a substitute amendment with a Barrasso proposal to establish a National Commission on Outer Continental Shelf Oilspill…

Mr. President, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from New Hampshire.

Mr. President, I wish to spend a few minutes talking about where we are. There is no question the chairman of the Appropriations Committee has finished his bills, and they have not come up. But the quality of the work doesn't meet with the…

Madam President, I released today a minority staff report of the Senate committee on Environment and Public Works. When Republicans were in the majority I chaired the committee and now I am the ranking member, minority member. We have been…

I ask unanimous consent I be recognized as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Environmental Overregulation

The earlier statements of this will solve the problem, but yet we are not going to find the money. It should be 100 percent that we are going to find the money to do this.

Madam President, again, if I truly felt this bill was going to solve those problems, I would be out here supporting it. I do not think so. We have an inherent disagreement. The Senator from Illinois can file a cloture motion any time he…

Madam President, if the Senator will yield, I would just say that I think we ought to fix the real problems. By fixing the symptoms, we delay the time in which we fix the real problems, and I think that is what we are doing. I thank the…

I want to continue my point, if you don't mind. You have always been courteous to me and I will be courteous to you, but I wish to continue for a few minutes and then I will give my colleague the chance to respond.