Mark Pryor: “Secretary Rumsfeld, how many noncompetitive DOD contracts have been awarded to Halliburton in the last 3 years?”

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. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 2983) was ordered to be…

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…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it adjourn under the previous order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair will exercise its prerogative to express its thanks to the floor staff for their…

I ask unanimous consent that the action of the Senate with respect to discharging PN Nos. 2065, 1279, 1280, and 1916 from the HELP and EPW Committees be vitiated. For the information of the Senate, these nominations were on the calendar on…