Mr. President, how much time remains? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 9 minutes 37 seconds remaining.

Mr. President, I wish to join my colleague from Iowa, who has been a great leader over the years on the issue of biofuels, in trying to transition our country away from the dangerous dependence we have on foreign oil and over the years has…

Mr. President, I want to speak for a couple of minutes, until another speaker arrives on the other side. If I might, I want to elaborate on where these discussions are that we have been having with regard to getting a result and a solution…

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss two amendments to the underlying bill: amendment No. 411 offered by Senator McCain and amendment No. 476 offered by Senators Feinstein and Coburn. I oppose these amendments. Abruptly pulling support…

I appreciate the gentleman for yielding. Madam Chair, we talk a lot on the House floor recently about agriculture and about the fact that agriculture needs a haircut and that people are concerned about agriculture getting too many benefits…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, these past few weeks I have been coming to the floor to talk about the size and scope of our Nation's fiscal problems. It has been said often that this is the most predictable crisis we have ever faced, and I believe that is…

Should end users who are hedging financial risk be given an exemption?

Mr. President, I urge my colleagues to vote no on this motion. As the Senator from Minnesota has pointed out, there is a better way to do this. I think we can all work together in a constructive way and accomplish what the proponents of…

I am in particular concerned about the limited definition the CFTC is looking to instate for the de minimis exemption when defining 'swap dealers.'

If there is a farmers co-op out there that poses a systemic risk to the economy, I have not bumped into it yet.

Do you believe that the position limits that are being proposed by the CFTC will raise costs for smaller investors who have money in commodity mutual funds?

Madam Chairwoman, we have important things to discuss, and it truly does deal with our values. As the previous speaker was talking about his grandchild that was on the House floor previously, I wondered if he had told the grandchild that…

If it is under the definition of tax expenditure, sure. Oil depletion allowances and intangible drilling costs are characterized, for subsidy purposes, the same way as the ethanol tax credit. We have lots of what we would characterize as…

I don't disagree with that. There is an issue I have not argued. It is your prerogative to bring this up and file cloture, which you have done in this circumstance. I think the renewable fuels standard that creates the sort of policy…

Mr. President, tomorrow the Senate will vote on a cloture motion that deals with an amendment that would do away with a tax provision that was enacted many years back by Congress but was extended just this last December. In fact, there…

Mr. President, if I might just say to the Senator from Nebraska, because I am wondering if perhaps in his discussions with farmers and ranchers in his State--I am sure the issue which he alluded to, which I think is an important one, comes…

Well, I say to my colleague from Oklahoma that I was not aware he said he supports ethanol. I was not aware he supports the RFS. If there is an amendment offered to strike the RFS, which there will be--am I wrong in saying the Senator…