Mark Pryor: “Thank you for holding this hearing.”

I have a few more comments after listening to my colleague from Missouri. I did want to mention a few. The first point is on exports. We all know we have a bad trade deficit. We all know that. But it would be horrendous if it were not for…

I have a concern about us going to IP, and some of you all have mentioned this.

For the information of all Senators, if all debate time is used, there will be up to four rollcall votes in relation to the Defense authorization bill and the Saperstein nomination at 3 p.m. We hope to yield back some of the debate time…

We would double-fill it, which would be an economic issue.