I would really encourage that. Quite honestly, folks don't want to hear that we are engaged in more process.

First, I thank Senator Boxer for her extraordinary effort on this issue. Let me get this straight. This debate is about giving competitive advantage for the shipping of the dirtiest oil located in Canada through the United States for…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that floor privileges be granted to Timothy A. Zink, a member of my legislative staff, during Senate consideration of S. 2280, the Keystone XL Pipeline approval bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 18, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 18, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight of the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 18, 2014, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-215 of the Dirksen…

Thank you, Madam President. I assure my colleagues from Iowa, California, my colleagues from around the country, that as a Senator from an oil- and gas-producing State, a State where we have fossil fuels in abundance, that I, too, am…

I would remind my colleagues that those who have raised the Housing Trust Fund, if the bipartisan reform that we advanced had moved forward for the Housing Trust Fund, that would have generated $3 to $5 billion a year.

Yes, I am very unsatisfied with what we have got.

I really question the entities' move. They seem to be acting as if they assume the status quo is going to be 30 years going forward.

I hope you will take a look at that as well.

I applaud you on moving forward in that area.

I ask unanimous consent that my time be extended, please. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I thank my colleague, and I wish to congratulate her on her leadership on this issue. We clearly have had a very extensive debate in our caucus on this. There are varying views, and I have thought a lot about it. I have had…

I thank the Presiding Officer. I wish to speak to this bill, and I have to say that this is one of the few times that the vice chairman, the distinguished Senator from Georgia, and I have a disagreement. I very much support this 215…

I thank the Presiding Officer. I recently talked with Members of the House, and here is what they told me: If we didn't pass the House bill, there were Members who wanted to end the whole metadata program. I do not want to end the program…

I have 2 minutes remaining to start the final portion of the debate prior to the vote. So without objection---- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Sure. That is fine. Madam President, I am going to go through a series of charts here. They are actually getting a little worn because I have used them now for a number of years. I am very hopeful that after today, or certainly after the…