Mr. President, reserving the right to object, I ask the author of this unanimous consent request to modify the unanimous consent request to allow an amendment to be considered in the TSCA debate, where we would take up the…

I thank the Presiding Officer. Let me stand and take all the blame. I am the guy holding up the chemical bill, TSCA. This is the greatest deliberative body in the world. This is an institution that has never shied away from any debate or…

I object to the underlying unanimous consent request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.

Mr. President, I want to take this opportunity before we start the final process to thank the vice chairman. She has been incredibly willing to participate, even when we started in a different place than where we ended. She brought to the…

Madam President, Senator Feinstein and I have tried to reach a very delicate balance. We think we have done that. Senator Heller raised one specific issue. He said the chamber is supportive of the language. Let me just read: The chamber…

We believe we have the right protections in place. I urge my colleagues to defeat the Heller amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment, as modified.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Flake amendment No. 2582 and the Coons amendment No. 2552 be modified with the changes at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendments (No. 2582), as…

Madam President, I thank my colleagues. We have agreed on this. We can hopefully do this by voice vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the question is on agreeing to the amendment, as modified. The amendment (No…

Madam President, let me say to my colleagues, again, we are trying to change the words that have been very delicately chosen to provide the certainty that companies understand and need for them to make a decision to share. Like some other…

Mr. President, I want to say to my colleague Senator Heller, I wish we could accommodate all of the amendments. The fact is that even a word here and there changes the balance of what Senator Feinstein and I have tried to put together…

Mr. President, what is the order of business? Amendment No. 2552, as Further Modified The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question occurs on amendment No. 2552, as further modified, offered by the Senator from Delaware…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the cloture motion on S. 754 be withdrawn; that prior to the vote on adoption of the Burr-Feinstein substitute amendment, the managers' amendment at the desk be agreed to; and that following…

Madam President, we are almost at the end. This is the last amendment. Unfortunately, I rise to ask my colleagues to vote against the amendment of not only my colleague but a member of the Intelligence Committee. This is a deal-killer. I…

Mr. President, I appreciate the Senator's input. I can only say to my colleagues that it is the recommendation of the vice chair and myself that this not be supported. It does change the balance, it puts uncertainty in the level of…

Mr. President, shortly we will once again begin the process on the cyber security bill. We will start votes hopefully right at 11 o'clock. We will try to work through five amendments this morning and return this afternoon with a short…

Mr. President, we are going to go to these amendments, and we will have five amendments this morning and possibly up to five this afternoon starting at 4 o'clock. Amendment Nos. 2626, as Modified, and 2557 I want to take this…

Madam President, I ask my colleagues for just the next 2 minutes to allow Senator Feinstein and me to thank our colleagues for their help over the last several days as we have worked through the cyber bill. I thank my vice chairman, who…

I make a point of order that the Whitehouse amendment No. 2626 and the Mikulski amendment No. 2557 are not germane to amendment No. 2716. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The points of order are well taken and the amendments fall.