Mark Pryor: “Our bill would move this agency from the 401 employees that it has today, up to 500 employees by 2013.”

I ask unanimous consent that the EPW Committee be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 3096, and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report…

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendments be considered; that the Johnson amendment relative to S. 684 and the Barrasso amendment relative to S. 1800, which are at the desk, be agreed to; that the committee-reported…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 648, S. Res. 595. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A…