I thank my colleague from Texas for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Preserving Criminal Assets for Forfeiture Act, and I want to commend my colleagues, both Ms. Chu and Judge Poe, for bringing this forward. As he…

Mr. President, how much time do I have remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Seven minutes.

Is it his understanding now, having had several conversations with Senator Vitter and myself, that this technical correction is perceived only to be limited to the 77 low-income housing, mixed-income projects through the gulf coast? Is…

And is it the Senator's intention to push for a tax bill? He was so successful in pushing this tax bill forward. Is it his intention to do that in early January, mid-January, early February?

Mr. President, I would like to ask at this time if Senator Baucus and then Senator Kyl and then Senator Vitter might comment--I see them on the Senate floor--about the importance of getting this fixed and the likelihood of us doing it…

I thank the Chair. Mr. President, I see the Senator from Montana, the Finance Committee chair on the Senate floor, along with Mr. Kyl, the Senator from Arizona, who has been one of the chief negotiators on the package, and the Senator from…

Mr. President, how much time do I have remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has 3 minutes remaining.

I will take two of them now and then reserve the remainder of my time. We only have, under the agreement arrived at between Leader Reid and Leader McConnell, 15 minutes to correct this mistake. At 12 o'clock, we are going to have to vote…

Can I ask to use my leadership time? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator does not have leader time.

I wish to retain that 7 minutes after Senator DeMint speaks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina is recognized. Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I have a motion at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion is pending. Mr…

Mr. President, I see Senator DeMint here. I know he has time allocated to him. I also have 8\1/2\ minutes left. I want to make sure I will be able to retain my 8\1/2\ minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana has 7 minutes…

Mr. President, I rise to discuss an issue that is very important to Louisianians and folks along the gulf coast and very important to the entire country, which is continuing the de facto moratorium--the ``permatorium'' is what many folks…

The military is indeed a unique organization, and that such restrictions, such policies can indeed go forward. I would just like to say, in wrapping up, a couple of important statistics that I think should be mentioned, and that is that 60…

Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to ask unanimous consent to use the general time, not my own 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is no general debate time.

Mr. President, I thank the leadership on both sides for giving me an opportunity, in just a few minutes, to have a portion of the time when it comes to the discussion of the bill we are going to be voting on at noon. But I thought before I…

Mr. President, this Senate is not going to be the same place without the Senator from Indiana. In fact, it will be a lesser place because he has been such an outstanding Senator. I wish to let him know he will be very much missed. He…

I would like to speak for the next 5 minutes. I understand Senator Voinovich is on his way, but I would like to speak for the next 5 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I understand we are in morning business. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. That is correct.