Mr. President, how much time remains on our side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is 4 minutes 15 seconds.

Mr. President, I yield an additional 2 minutes to the time of the Senator from California.

Mr. President, I call up amendment No. 2175. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Michigan [Mr. Levin], for himself and Mr. McCain, proposes an amendment numbered 2175. The…

I was going to say the time between now and 5 o'clock is equally divided, as I understand it, between the Senator from Oklahoma and myself. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct. Amendment No. 2255

Mr. President, I yield 15 minutes to the senior Senator from California. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from California.

Mr. President, I support the provisions in this bill relating to the Guantanamo detention facility, or Gitmo, and oppose the amendment to strike those provisions and to reinstate existing restrictions on the transfer of Gitmo detainees…

Madam President, on behalf of the Senate Armed Services Committee, we are pleased to bring S. 1197, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014, to the Senate floor. The Armed Services Committee approved the bill by a 23-3…

Mr. President, later this morning the Senate is going to resume consideration of S. 1197, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. I will have a full statement to make on this legislation later today. However, I would…

Mr. President, I yield the time between now and 4:00 to the Senator from Oklahoma. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that I be able to yield an additional 5 minutes above the 4\1/2\ minutes to Senator Durbin. I understand if that means there is less time left than allotted to the other side, I would ask unanimous consent that…

I understand we have a Senator on the way. I suggest the absence of a quorum unless someone else wishes to be recognized. I ask that the time on the quorum call be equally divided unless someone else seeks to be recognized at this time…

Mr. President, I have a very brief statement I will now make, and I thank the Senators from Maryland and Maine for allowing me to do this. I ask unanimous consent that the very brief statement I am going to make not count against morning…