Madam President, I wish to spend a short period of time, and hopefully it will not even be 5 minutes. What we have seen on the floor this afternoon is a motion to accomplish what the chairman of the Finance Committee wanted us to…

Madam President, I yield back the remainder of my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota.

Madam President, under this scenario, we will pass this bill and add to the debt. Because of that, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.

I think we had an agreement with the majority whip that some unanimous consent requests would come in; is that correct? I will be happy to yield out of our time to the majority whip.

I will consume the remainder of our time. I thank Senator Johanns and Senator Sessions for being here. We have heard the word ``emergency.'' The emergency that is in front of us is, we are a boat upside down fiscally, and there has to be a…

I yield 10 minutes to the Senator from Alabama. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Alabama is recognized.

Mr. President, I wish to spend a few minutes talking about where we are as a nation and what the future is for our children. We have at this point in time $12.6 trillion worth of debt. We now have equivalent debt for every man, woman, and…

Madam President, while the Senator from New York is here, I might go over 5 minutes to 6 minutes or 7 minutes. I wonder if he will object and modify his request.

Madam President, I have an amendment at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Coburn] proposes an amendment numbered 3700.

Reserving the right to object, it is my understanding if we were to do that we would add $9.2 billion to the debt. I am wondering if that is correct. The same unanimous consent request was asked earlier today, and the head of the Finance…

I ask unanimous consent the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To help protect Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans) At…

Madam President, 140,000 of our troops have lost their second amendment rights as they go through the VA hospital system. They are not a danger to themselves or anyone else. This amendment is something that has passed this body…

They lost it under their health care. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.

Pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and section 4(g)(3) of the Statutory Pay-as-you-go Act of 2010, I move to waive all applicable sections of those acts and applicable budget resolutions for purposes of my…

Mr. President, do I have time remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma still has time. The Senator from Oklahoma.

Reserving the right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma.

I would make the following point: The vast majority of Americans do not want their taxpayer dollars paying for this kind of drug for those kind of people. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Montana.

We got this 1\1/2\ minutes ago to see the language. You have an amendment on the floor that actually accomplishes everything you want to do. Why are we doing this? Because you do not want to mess up a package that is clean. It has every…