Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Rules and Administration be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 20, 2010, at 2 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Select…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on July 20, 2010, at 10 a.m., in SH-216 of the Hart Senate Office Building, to conduct an executive business…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 20, 2010, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Continuing Oversight on…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 20, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 20, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, at the outset I wish to ascertain with precision that I have 20 minutes, as had been arranged with the floor monitors. I had looked for 30 but I ask consent I may speak for up to 20 minutes now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is…

I really cannot. I had started at 30 and 20 is tough. How early might I return for my 30 minutes?

Finally, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that a copy of an op-ed which I wrote which appeared in USA Today be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From…

I thank the Presiding Officer, and I thank my distinguished colleague from Florida. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Florida. Mr. LeMIEUX. Mr. President, it is always good to follow my distinguished colleague from Pennsylvania and…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that floor privileges be given to Linda Hoffa, a detailee in my office, for the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Only one colleague is present. He is the congenial junior Senator from Florida. I thank my colleague. I want to make one more point. That is on the issue of the Supreme Court taking more cases. Here again, if there was transparency…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for 4 more minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent I may have 30 minutes when the two votes which are scheduled for 2 o'clock conclude.

What is the answer to my question? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Seventeen minutes extra.

Mr. President, I have sought recognition to state my position on the nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and to comment about the appropriate role of the Senate…

I will do it all at once. I don't want to truncate it. I ask unanimous consent that I may have the floor for 30 minutes at the conclusion of the two votes scheduled for 2 o'clock. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

A couple of weeks ago, there was ethnic violence occurring in the emerging Republic of Kyrgyzstan. Today, there is good news about how that nation is progressing towards democracy. On Sunday, the people of Kyrgyzstan held a referendum on…

The thing that people need across this Nation, from shore to shore today, more than anything else is jobs. Yet, the United States Export-Import Bank just recently made a decision that kills 1,000 new jobs. The recent U.S. Export-Import…