I am proud to yield 3 minutes to my colleague from Ohio (Mr. Latta).

I have to respond, I think, briefly. I appreciate the ranking member's passion in addressing these issues, but we need to clear up what some of the facts actually are. CBO has scored these bills and has come back and said that there are no…

I am pleased now to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Shimkus), our chairman. (Mr. SHIMKUS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I'm proud at this point to yield 3 minutes to my good friend from Pennsylvania (Mr. Meehan).

Just a couple of quick points of clarification. My friend and colleague Mr. Tonko and I agree on many things, and we have a history of having worked together to hold the EPA to commonsense rules, and I appreciate that, but I need to…

Our goal with this legislation is clear and straightforward. We want to modernize outdated environmental laws. The part of the bill that the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Gardner) wrote makes modest, but important, improvements in…

I am sure my colleague's amendment is well-intentioned, and in fact, I agree with him. I do not want to see an increase in litigation or a slowdown in the cleanup process or a decrease in funds available to clean up Superfund sites, but…

The Senator is correct. After having put together a budget myself, I would say you have to stand by all those policies. And I think if we were to call on the Office of Management and Budget or the Treasury Department, they would tell you…

Last week marked the 20th anniversary of NAFTA's going into effect. The North American Free Trade Agreement was a hard-fought fight here in this Congress with a very close vote. In 1994, when it narrowly passed under a rule not allowing…

Mr. President, I am happy to yield to the Senator from Utah. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah.

Reclaiming my time, the Senator is absolutely right. The alternative is not to pass a trade promotion authority and to have continue to happen what has frankly been going on over the last 6 or 7 years, which is these other countries around…

Reclaiming my time, I appreciate the question from my colleague from Montana. I will say just based on his question that we are going to miss his wisdom and his experience on the trade issue. He takes some political risks sometimes, I…

Mr. President, I am happy to be on the floor to hear the news from Senator Hatch and Senator Baucus that they have reached an agreement on trade promotion authority. I wish to congratulate them on that, working with Chairman Camp on the…

I thank the Chair. Madam President, I tried to be recognized before the majority leader decided to fill the tree, which means taking away the opportunity for amendments to be offered--although there will be an attempt in a moment to offer…

Is there objection? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Yes, objection was heard. The clerk will continue to call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk continued with the call of the roll.

Madam President, I yield back my time. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Madam President, I wish to make two corrections quickly and then yield to my colleague from Indiana. One is that the proposal I did offer had nothing to do with ObamaCare, as I thought the majority leader understood, and others do not…

Madam President, I ask unanimous that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?