Mr. President, I oppose this amendment also. There are reasons for Davis-Bacon. One of them, for example, is it protects communities and employers by keeping the wage standards of low-wage areas from being imported into high-wage areas…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to set aside the pending amendment to call up, on behalf of Senator Ensign, Ensign amendment No. 32. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 32

Madam President, you have just heard a classic Joe Manchin speech. It truly is. It is full of optimism, strength, common purpose, no problem cannot be solved, and the desire for bipartisan cooperation. If anybody can bring our two sides…

Mr. President, I understand the Senator from Oklahoma has a particularly difficult scheduling problem right now and for most of the afternoon. So putting his amendments in and talking about them, whatever he wishes to do, is important to…

Mr. President, we are sitting here, and what is good is we are not doing health care amendments. What is bad is we are not doing any amendments. The Republicans have proffered a number of amendments. We need to do them by pairs so we can…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that amendment No. 27, offered by the Senator from Oregon, Mr. Wyden, be added to the list of pending amendments. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report the…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Webb). Without objection, it is so ordered. Amendment No. 27

I thank the Chair. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kentucky. Amendment No. 21

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration and the Senate now proceed to consideration of S. Res. 30. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will…

Mr. President, Senators should expect rollcall votes to occur throughout the day in relation to amendments to the FAA authorization bill. Senators will be notified when votes are scheduled. ____________________

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:58 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, February 3, 2011, at…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, February 3; that following the prayer and the pledge, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, the…

I ask unanimous consent the resolutions be agreed to, the preambles be agreed to, the motions to reconsider be laid on the table en bloc, with no intervening action or debate, and any statements be printed in the Record. The PRESIDING…

I ask unanimous consent the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration en bloc of the following resolutions which were submitted earlier today: S. Res. 36, S. Res. 37, S. Res. 38, S. Res. 39, and S. Res. 40. There being no objection…

I ask unanimous consent the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, the motion to reconsider be laid on the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The resolution (S. Res. 30) was agreed to. The…

I have some notes, but the distinguished Senator from Rhode Island has exhausted my brilliant notes in his own speech. Just let it be said that it is an extraordinarily dangerous situation, this whole concept of stronger lasers, more…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to be added as a cosponsor to this superb amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.