Heidi Alexander

I certainly agree with the Senator from Utah, and that is the purpose of our legislation. We could offer more examples. The Wall Street Journal article of February 22 of this year said: Many franchisees of Burger King, McDonalds, Red…

I believe we have 30 minutes for this discussion; is that right? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Twenty-three minutes remains.

I strongly agree with the understanding of my friend, the senior Senator from Arizona. I, too, would oppose cloture on a matter if the majority abused the motion to proceed set out in the order by using that procedure as the high-water…

I wonder if I might pose a question to the Republican leader, if he would retake the floor. Mr. McCONNELL. I would be happy to respond.

Thank you, Mr. President. I yield the floor and suggest the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from…

Will the Chair please let me know when 5 minutes remains? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Certainly. The Senator is recognized. The Filibuster

If the Senator would yield, I have heard Senator McConnell, the Republican leader, speak both in our Republican caucus and in meetings with Democrats in committee and publicly. I believe he has made it absolutely clear that if he were…

I thank the Chair, and I yield the floor. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Oklahoma.

I think that is a reasonable request. I wonder if I might ask on behalf of Senator Coons that if he should come to the floor during that period, he be recognized for 1 minute to simply stand up and say he was planning to do this, but we…

Well, Mr. President, what I wish to request is-- Senator Coons and I were hoping to introduce a piece of legislation on another matter and talk about it. I think, given the focus on the budget here, I am going to suggest to Senator Coons…

Would the Chair please let me know when there is 2 minutes left. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. I will.

I thank Senator Lieberman. I think it is appropriate, and most fans of women's college basketball would agree, that the first two Senators on the floor to commend Pat Summitt would be the Senator from Tennessee and the Senator from…

First, I thank the Senator from Maine and the Senator from Connecticut for letting me take a few minutes, and I congratulate them on their hard work on this bill. This is a bipartisan bill that has some bipartisan amendments and…

I see the Senator from Virginia, Mr. Warner, has arrived. He, with Senator Pryor, has been very active in the last several months in working across party lines to try to make the Senate function more effectively. I would leave it to…

I ask the President to notify me when I have used 10 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair will do so. ____________________

We will yield back the Republican time so that we can move ahead and report the bill. ____________________

This is a rare piece of legislation, something we agree on across the aisle, that could immediately save 340,000 jobs, that keeps the clean air rule the EPA has proposed, but simply gives them time to write it properly, the authority to…

Will you let me know when I have used 4\1/2\ minutes? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Yes.

Is it time to begin the Republican time? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Yes.

I thank the chairman. Mr. President, that is exactly right. Just so Senators know, Senator Reid has filled the tree, but what we hope to persuade him is that we know the number of amendments we have and that he doesn't need to do that. He…

I thank the Senator from Kansas, and I will kind of speed up my comments a little bit. But I might take 4 minutes, unless that is a problem.

I thank the Republican leader. I am deeply grateful for his comments, with one single exception. I have great confidence in Derek Dooley. He is a fine football coach at the University of Tennessee. They are playing very good football, and…

I thank Senator Isakson for his leadership in education in the State of Georgia and on this bill. Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina has focused on elementary and secondary education for many years, especially on making it easier for…

I congratulate the Senator from Nebraska on his typically commonsense, reasonable presentation about how we might take steps to deal with the smothering regulations that are putting a big wet blanket on job growth in this country, and the…

I ask consent to speak for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Brown of Ohio). Without objection, it is so ordered.