can I not reserve the rest of my time? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Not at this point.

I want to speak to the amendment from the Senator from Oregon, which would increase the funding for the wind energy program by $15.4 million. This is in addition to the $30 million that our subcommittee has recommended at the request of…

at 11 a.m. we will have three votes on the Merkley, Flake, and Reid amendments. That will bring to a total of 17 the number of amendments we will have disposed of on the floor. Senator Feinstein and I have worked with Members on both sides…

this amendment does not increase funding in the bill and the Senator from California, Mrs. Feinstein, and I intend to vote for it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 25, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I thank the majority leader, Senator McConnell, the Democratic leader, Senator Reid, and my colleague, Senator Feinstein. What we have done is approved eight more amendments by Senators with a voice vote, and we have already agreed to have…

I know of no further debate on these amendments. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there further debate? If not, the question is on agreeing to the amendments en bloc. The amendments (Nos. 3841; 3842; 3851; 3843; 3844; 3808; 3869, as modified; and…

on behalf of the Senator from California and myself, I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be called up en bloc and reported by number: Reed, No. 3841; Feinstein, No. 3842; Warner, No. 3851; McCain, No. 3843; Rounds, No…

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…

Of course. Mr. McCAIN. Is the interest on the national debt included in that red line?

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…

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…

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

I ask unanimous consent that my Corps of Engineers fellow, Jen Armstrong, and my Department of Energy fellow, John Rivard, be granted floor privileges through the remainder of the 114th Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Rhode Island.

I thank the Senator from Illinois for his advocacy of keeping America No. 1 in the world in supercomputers and exascale computing. He has a special knowledge of that because of his intimate knowledge of Argonne National Laboratory in…

I thank Senators for their cooperation today. As I indicated earlier, Senator Feinstein and I have been in touch with every Senate office over the last few weeks, asking for advice, policy, and amendments. Senators have been terrific in…

I ask unanimous consent that the following amendment be called up and reported by number: Hoeven No. 3811; further, that at 11:45 a.m. on Thursday, April 21, the Senate vote on that amendment and that it be subject to a 60-affirmative-vote…

as the manager of the bill, I was going to take that time. I ask unanimous consent for 2 minutes and to allow Senator Ernst 2 more minutes to make her point. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.