Madam President, let me take just 1 second to say that this bill turns us in a different direction--$23 billion-plus in deficit reduction. It may be the only bipartisan deficit reduction proposal we will pass in the Senate before the…

Madam President, I commend both Senators from Nebraska. I thank Senator Nelson for this amendment. I support it. I believe we have an agreement for a voice vote on this amendment, so I yield back all time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Hearing no…

Mr. President, I rise to reluctantly oppose the amendment of my colleague. I appreciate what he is trying to do. I couldn't agree more about the needs of food banks. That is why in this legislation we increase food bank funding by $174…

Mr. President, I would just simply say that I strongly support the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has expired. Is there further debate in opposition? If there is no further debate, the question is on agreeing to the amendment…

Mr. President, I strongly oppose this amendment. In fact, we are not talking about ethanol. We are talking about, first of all, advanced biofuels using food waste or animal waste or biomass materials. We are talking about biobased…

Mr. President, I strongly support this amendment, as does my ranking member. I wish to congratulate Senator Boozman on great work on this amendment. I believe we can proceed with a voice vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on…

Mr. President, I yield back all time, and we do have an agreement on a voice vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time is yielded back. The question is on agreeing to amendment No. 2388. The amendment was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…

Mr. President, I appreciate Senator Wyden allowing us to go out of order. I will now turn it over to Senator Wyden for his amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon. Amendment No. 2388

Mr. President, before moving to Senator Wyden's amendment, we want to go back to an agreed-upon amendment, which is Schumer amendment No. 2427, to increase research, education, and promotion of maple products. I call up amendment No. 2427…

Mr. President, I move to reconsider and to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 2427

Mr. President, I strongly oppose this amendment. We have over 643 conservation and environmental groups from every State in the Union supporting our conservation reforms in this bill. This is about protecting land and water and air…

I am not yielding time in opposition. I commend Senator Warner and everyone on this amendment for their tremendous amount of work. It makes a tremendous amount of sense. It is real reform. I believe we have an understanding to proceed with…

This amendment simply addresses what has happened with severe and devastating freezes across the country for those who have food crops and don't have access to crop insurance. This Farm Bill makes great strides in expanding crop insurance…

I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To provide assistance for certain losses) On page 1006, between…

Madam President, I strongly oppose this argument. If we want to jeopardize 142,000 American jobs, this is the vote to do it. We will see these jobs shipped overseas. The bottom line is that this program operates at zero cost to the…

I call up my amendment 2453 and ask unanimous consent to add Senator Snowe as a cosponsor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Michigan…

Mr. President, I would indicate that the conservation program is a very strong, effective program, but I am not objecting, nor is the ranking member, to moving forward with the vote. I believe the Member wishes to have a record rollcall…

Mr. President, I rise today to oppose this amendment. It has a similar impact to one yesterday we defeated by this Senator. It basically goes to the question of whether we are going to allow investment in rural communities--the hardest hit…