Mr. President, we are now going to turn to an amendment of Senator Whitehouse which has been cleared. We have worked to make sure everybody understands that he is going to proceed to the amendment. And then I understand there is not going to be a need for rollcall vote on it. I ask the Senator from Rhode Island, about how much time does he believe he would need on his amendment before we hopefully voice vote?
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