Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on September 15, 2011, at 10 a.m., in SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct an executive…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 15, 2011, at 2:15 p.m., in room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Future of Employment for People with the Most…

Mr. President, I ask the majority leader, before he leaves, I didn't hear all he said. Is this the fact that we are going to vote again on proceeding to a bill that will allow us to take up this emergency FEMA funding?

Mr. President, taking back my time, I am very pleased we are having another chance at this because--just for the information of the public--we fell short of the votes required to take up this emergency bill. I just looked up the meaning of…

Mr. President, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring the memory of Mark Hatfield, a former Governor and U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon. Mr. Hatfield passed away on August 7, 2011, in Portland at the age of 89. The son of a…

Mr. President, I rise because we have a crisis on our hands with the FAA, the Federal Aviation Administration. I know exactly why we have this crisis. It is another made-up crisis by the Republicans. This is a Republican shutdown. We just…

Mr. President, so there we are. There was objection to a clean extension of the FAA, and as a result of Republican objection, people are hurting all over this country. Safety projects are being delayed. And this is just part of what we…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Warner). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Well, I take that as a question, and I will just wrap up with my unanimous consent request because I agree with everything that was said. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the consideration of Calendar No…

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. There was objection to the original request.

OK. So what we have now established is that at a time of economic uncertainty, what the Republicans have done, as a party, is hold this whole economy hostage. We have established that. It has never been done before. It is a made-up crisis…