Before we do that, I wish to remind everybody the next vote will be a 10-minute vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana.

Mr. President, I have spoken with the distinguished ranking member, Mr. Grassley. I understand we are able to agree to the Landrieu amendment by voice vote. I ask unanimous consent that the 60-vote threshold with respect to the Landrieu…

I move to reconsider the vote and to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 1198 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will now be 2 minutes of debate equally divided…

Mr. President, I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado.

Madam President, we now have these amendments in order and we will work with all the parties to see if we can have some way of proceeding to set up votes. I would hope we can work something out so we do not have to do procedural things to…

Mr. President, following leader remarks the Senate will be in a period of morning business for an hour. The Republicans will control the first half, and the majority will control the final half. Following that morning business the Senate…

Mr. President, I talked yesterday at some length on the budget. It is important. We are approaching 3 months where we have not been able to go to conference on this budget. This is so extremely important. I spent yesterday morning at the…

Finally, I see on the floor my friend, the senior Senator from Tennessee, who has been a longtime Governor of his State. He has been the Secretary of Education. We have an issue coming up soon. If we do not work something out in this body…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be in order to be called up and that they not be subject to modification or division, with the exception of the technical modifications to the Merkley and Paul…

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I reserve the remainder of my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

I have never questioned the integrity, the dedication, and the consummate professionalism of Director Mueller as he has led the Bureau through very difficult times.

I have long said that protecting national security and protecting Americans' fundamental rights are not mutually exclusive.

The American people deserve to know how broad investigative laws like the PATRIOT Act are being interpreted and used to conduct electronic surveillance.

Had Minnesota had the warnings... that might have made a difference.

We know that the President was told in August of a serious concern about this.

The recent public revelations about two classified data collection programs illustrate the need for close scrutiny by Congress of the government's surveillance activities.

Had the CIA shared records with the FBI, that might have made a difference.