Madam President, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from North Dakota.

Let me withdraw that request. Mr. DeMINT. I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator may withdraw his request.

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. DeMINT. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded…

Madam President, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The legislative clerk continued with the call of the roll.

Madam President, I just told my colleague that the unanimous consent request I intend to read is a unanimous consent request that will extend for 30 days the existing authorities of the FAA. The House has passed it, has sent it to us, and…

Madam President, let me make a point very clearly. A number of the provisions dealing with safety that relate to the Colgan air crash are being implemented already by the FAA. Let me make that point, No. 1. No. 2, in order to successfully…

I will be happy to yield without losing the floor, if the Senator has a question. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina. Mr. DeMINT. Madam President, we have been promised for months that this bill, the FAA…

Mr. President, I support the comments of and the legislation by the Senator from Louisiana. I think it makes a great deal of sense to strengthen small businesses. They are, after all, the job generators in this country. So I appreciated…

Madam President, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from North Dakota is recognized.

Madam President, I think this will be extended 30 days. Failure to extend the current authority for the FAA for the next 30 days while we finish the conference report will mean that 4,000 people at FAA will be furloughed, laid off. Don't…

Madam President, might I inquire of the Senator, we have been trying to move a 30-day extension of existing authorities for the FAA, which is essential and very necessary. Is the Senator holding that up? We have had objection from his…

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Hagan). The clerk will call the roll. The assistant editor of the Daily Digest proceeded to call the roll.

Mr. President, I rise to talk about the loss of our senior colleague, Senator Robert C. Byrd. Senator Byrd, I had the privilege and honor of serving with for over 24 years in the Senate. I believe this body has lost a giant. For more than…

But Senator Byrd came to the floor, and he stood up, and he said this: I have served here long enough to see pygmyies strut like Colossus. And he said, very like the fly in Aesop's fable, sitting on an axle of a chariot, ``My, what dust I…

Madam President, I listen sometimes on the floor of the Senate and think there should be an Olympic Gold Medal for flexibility. It is interesting. For example, the flexibility would mean you are flexible enough to understand if a…

Madam President, today I rise on the floor of the Senate recognizing that we have white roses and a black drape adorning the desk of the late Senator Robert C. Byrd. I had told him personally in the past that when my service is done I will…

Mr. President, I rise to speak on S. 797, the Tribal Law and Order Act of 2010. I offered the text of this bill to H.R. 725, the Indian Arts and Crafts Act Amendments, and last night, the Senate passed this bill as amended by unanimous…

That is correct. The phrase that jurisdiction ``shall be concurrent among the Federal Government, State governments, and, where applicable, tribal governments'' is intended to clarify that the various State governments that are currently…