Madam 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 8:48 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at…

I further ask that the bill be read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent the EPW Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 166 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendment be agreed to; the resolution, as amended, be agreed to; the committee-reported amendment to the preamble be agreed to; the preamble, as amended, be agreed to…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of H. Con. Res. 20, which was received from the House and is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the concurrent resolution be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of H. Con. Res. 14 which was received from the House and is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the concurrent resolution by title…

Mr. President, I rise in full support of Caitlin Halligan and must strongly disagree with my friend from Kentucky, the Republican leader. The bottom line is very simple: She is a well- qualified nominee, and we know that. The Republican…

I would be delighted to work with you, but I have read this continuing resolution very carefully and section 3002 reaffirms sequestration. Let's work together. We can be the leaders. Let's send over a bill that does away with…

I'm very pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur), the distinguished ranking member of the Energy and Water Subcommittee.

May I ask how much time remains. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from New York has 17 minutes. The gentleman from Kentucky has 12\1/2\ minutes.

At this time, I'm delighted to yield 2 minutes to my distinguished leader from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer). (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. McKeon, I just want to emphasize again that General Odierno in the recent appropriations hearing on the Defense bill testified that sequester would be a disaster for the military. And it's unfortunate that we are not ridding ourselves…

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished ranking member, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Serrano).

I would be delighted, Mr. Speaker, to yield 1 minute to our distinguished leader, who has provided important leadership on the issue of cutting out waste, fraud, and abuse in our budget, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi).

I would just like to quickly remind my colleagues on both sides of the aisle that the Defense bill will be subject to the $46 billion as a result of sequestration, which General Odierno said will hollow out the force. Mr. Speaker, I am…

I am delighted to yield the balance of my time to a distinguished Member of the Appropriations Committee, the gentlewoman from California, Ms. Barbara Lee.

I am very pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Farr), the distinguished ranking member of the Agriculture Subcommittee of Appropriations.