Mr. President, first of all, I would like to make one statement on the DeMint amendment that was just defeated. I have to say this, as the person who was most recently characterized as the most conservative Member of the Senate: If there…

For a unanimous consent request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina has the floor.

Well---- Mr. DeMINT. All the time so far---- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina. Mr. DeMINT. All the time so far has been used----

Mr. President, could I ask unanimous consent to have 15 seconds---- Mr. ROCKEFELLER addressed the Chair. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Udall of Colorado). The Senator from West Virginia is recognized.

I ask for a unanimous consent request, please. Mr. DeMINT. Thank you, Madam President. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator does not have the floor. The Senator from South Carolina. Mr. DeMINT. If the Senator will yield, all the time so far…

Mr. President, I wish to spend time talking about the bill we are considering. Yesterday afternoon, I had the great fortune--my daughter was performing in Florida and was driving back to New York. I got to see my 7-month-old granddaughter…

Mr. President, I compliment my colleague from Virginia. I am a cosponsor of his amendment. I think it is a very noble attempt to try to put better hands on the stimulus. It is interesting to note that when we had the first hearing with the…

Mr. President, I understand the Senator from Virginia is going to speak now, and I ask unanimous consent that when he finishes, I be given 45 minutes at the completion of his time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without…

Every summer, we have thousands of kids hit the ER, whether they ran into a pole or they had a baseball bing them in the head. The standard of care now is to put that child through a CT scan. These are children the vast majority of whom…

Mr. President, we are going to have an amendment on the floor in just a moment that simply requires the Senate to post every time they create a new program and every time they spend money outside of pay-go so that we truly are transparent…

Mr. President, we just voice voted an amendment that will not do anything. What this amendment says is, where we violate our own rules in terms of pay-go, we will actually publish both the number of times and the amount of dollars we do…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be. All time is yielded back. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk…

Mr. President, I object on behalf of the managers who are not present at this time. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Objection is heard.

Mr. President, if the Senator will yield, one of the important points he made a moment ago is a doctor sitting down and listening to their patient. Mayo has it right. If you are not going to pay us enough to sit down, we refuse to practice…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to take that time, if I may. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, I yield the floor, and I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Mr. President, I come to the floor this evening to announce the introduction of a bill, S. 3095. It is called the Honest Expenditure Limitation Act of 2010. It spells HELP. It is the HELP Act of 2010. On February 1 of 2010, President Obama…

Mr. President, let me respond to a couple of the remarks of my good friend from Illinois. I listen to this all the time, people talking about during the Bush administration, the costs that have gone up, the deficits and all this stuff. I…