So we are considering the Hoeven-Landrieu bill. I just wanted that to be clear. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Yes. The Senator from North Dakota.

I suggest the absence of a quorum, and I ask unanimous consent that the time during the quorum call be taken off everybody's time here. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will call the…

Once it leaves Canada and is transported to refineries in the United States, the tar sands would increase the pollution in already plagued communities such as Port Arthur, which I showed you and I will show you again. Port Arthur is…

I yield 5 minutes to my friend from Washington State. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Washington is recognized for 5 minutes.

A question through the Chair. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 18, 2014, to conduct a business meeting where we would have three votes for two TVA members and…

I ask that we continue the agreement that this not count on Keystone time. I need to make the point that Mr. Baran, who is the subject of Mr. Vitter's complaint, has already been confirmed. What we are doing is putting him in a different…

I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding the previous order with respect to debate time on S. 2280, the time until 5:45 p.m. be equally divided between Senators Hoeven, Landrieu, and myself, or our designees, and that at 5:45 p.m…

I am going to yield Senator Sanders 10 minutes. I heard ``clean energy.'' Just for the record, let's be clear. The tar sands oil is one of the dirtiest known on the planet. Heavy metals--we went through it chapter and verse. The hardest to…

Before my friend leaves, since he said those of us who vote against this have the dumb disease--and I think it is funny. I am not insulted in any way, shape, or form. But I just feel very differently because I don't think it is dumb to say…

I have a parliamentary inquiry. I am confused because Senator McConnell called the bill the Cassidy Keystone bill, and I thought we were debating the Hoeven-Landrieu bill. Could you tell me which bill it is, because that is very important…

I ask unanimous consent that the time I use in this colloquy be taken off the time I have left. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.