Murray amendment No. 3813 simply restates an existing regulation, so I have no objection to it. I am going to vote for it. I yield back all time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has been yielded back. The question is on agreeing to…

I congratulate the Senator from California. With her usual precision, she has identified the big problem, and she approached it as she usually does--in a very direct way. The picture she presents is not one we can tolerate in the United…

I thank Senator Franken for the way he worked with our committee. I will vote for the amendment, and I recommend that others do as well. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to amendment No. 3833.

in a moment Senator Coats will call up his amendment, the Coats and Toomey amendment. I want to thank the Michigan Senators and others for making the schedule work today. For the information of all Senators, after the Coats amendment, the…

I ask unanimous consent that it be in order to call up the following amendments: Franken amendment No. 3833, Coats amendment No. 3814, and Murray amendment No. 3813; further, that following the disposition of the Hoeven amendment No. 3811…

I ask unanimous consent that following locking in the votes, the Senator from California have an opportunity to speak and then that we move to the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

The senior Senator from Louisiana is here to speak, but I thank Senator Feinstein for her remarks and her leadership. I would remind our colleagues we are open for business, in terms of amendments. Fortunately, 77 of the Senators had made…

The answer to the Senator from Arizona is, no, it is not. In fact, if it were, this line would be higher. So it is this line plus the interest on the debt. Mr. McCAIN. Obviously, it makes it much more compelling. Obviously, that all would…

I thank the Senator from Arizona. I have heard there might be an effort to commit our bill back to the committee in order to reduce spending to a lower level. If we do that, someone needs to say which division needs to lose troops, which…

We yield back any time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, all time is yielded back. The question is on agreeing to amendment No. 3802.

I thank the Senator from Maryland. Amendments Nos. 3802 and 3803 to Amendment No. 3801

Thank you, Mr. President. The issue is spending. This is discretionary spending. This is an opportunity, as we consider these 12 bills, to consider where the spending problem is. This is discretionary spending. It includes defense, it…