I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Brown of Ohio). Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Alexander pertaining to the introduction of S. 964 are located in…

I have come to the Senate floor today to introduce, on behalf of 34 Senators, the Job Protection Act. The Job Protection Act is occasioned by a decision by the acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board that filed a…

now to make a few remarks about the actions that have caused this. I just left a hearing in the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on the middle class. One of the witnesses was the general counsel of the Boeing Company. As…

on Friday, I visited Memphis to see the flooding along the Mississippi River myself, to meet with volunteers who were helping, and to see the tremendously well coordinated efforts of emergency workers who are meeting and working every day…

reserving the right to object, then we would need to add 2 minutes to the Republican side, and I ask unanimous consent for that. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the Chair. According to the Congressional Research Service, in the history of the Senate, only three cloture motions have ever been filed on district judge nominations. In each case, the nomination eventually was confirmed. In 1986…

To the Chair, if the 5-minute warning could be for the end of the 25 minutes because I intend to take 5 minutes after that. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. There is 6 minutes remaining in total on the Republican side.

we have a vote at noon. I know there are a number of Senators who wish to speak. I will take about 5 minutes, I suspect Senator Cornyn wants to speak, and I know Senator Grassley wants to speak. I also see Senator Reid. The Senate is a…

would the Senator have some more comments on the plan and about what has been said by some of our other colleagues?

I will take 1 minute and then conclude. I wish to thank Senators Portman, Cornyn, and Barrasso for this. We will be hearing often from Republicans who want to make clear what we are for as well as what we are against, and I thank the…

I ask unanimous consent for 1 additional minute. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? There being no objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that over the next 30 minutes Republican Senators led by the Senator from Ohio, Mr. Portman, and including the Senator from Wyoming, Mr. Barrasso, Senator Cornyn from Texas, Senator Hoeven from North Dakota, and…