Madam President, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has the right to call up his amendment under the previous order. The clerk will report the amendment. The assistant editor of the Dailey Digest read as follows: The Senator from…

Mr. President, I am going to speak for a few moments about the amendment I just referenced, amendment No. 4109, which was filed and to which there has now been an objection. As I have indicated to my colleague, objections run both ways. I…

Well, Mr. President, listen, my objective is not to obstruct or to try to slow anything down. My objective is to allow people to offer amendments, especially those who have been here for some long while, to offer amendments that are…

It is not just me. It is my understanding that the Levin- Merkley amendment is in the same position. So it is a circumstance, it appears to me, where someone said: Well, now, it is inconvenient for us to vote on things that are a little…

Has that happened at this point? I don't know of a circumstance where someone, during debate on this bill, has objected to setting the pending amendment aside. I have seen it happen, but that is not what has happened on this bill.

Mr. President, my understanding is that there is a question now about how to proceed with respect to which amendments might be allowed to be offered by the two sides. It appears to me, at least from my perspective, that some have decided…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object--and I will not object--I want to ask the Senator from Connecticut if he might add to that unanimous-consent request that following that, amendment No. 4109, which I have filed, be considered at…

U.S. Senator Kent Conrad has been dubious of rosy estimates.

it's kind of jaw-dropping that those who are drilling offshore...had no plans, apparently, for the worst-case scenario.

companies like this want everything America has to offer, but they don't want the responsibility to pay taxes.

Regulation is very important. Regulation is critical in these circumstances.

Do you believe there are more and difficult circumstances dealing with the safety and environmental stewardship with deep-well drilling?

I am speaking about amendments that have been offered. If the Senator objects, he has the right, but I will be back. If I am in the next tranche the Senator from Connecticut announces, that is fine. I will be able to offer an amendment…

Madam President, I wanted to note during this discussion some commentary this week about something that is quite extraordinary. We saw news reports this week about a perfect game that was pitched in the Major Leagues recently by a pitcher…

Madam President, let me say, my purpose here is not to add to the burdens of the Senator from Connecticut, who is trying to get a bill through the Congress and signed by the President. I understand that. I think I tried to in my opening…

Let me say that unfortunately when I, last evening, saw the note on the desk in front of us that said ``no further rollcall votes'' I had another event, and so I left the Chamber, because there were no further votes, and I went to the…

I am not unsympathetic to what the Senator is doing. It is the case that I, certainly as one Senator, see amendments being offered again and again by Senators from the Banking Committee, and they had a pretty good shot at this for a good…

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