They are, Senator Sherrod Brown, 1259, 1260, 1261, 1262, 1263; Senator Leahy, 1080; Senator Wyden, 1296; Senator Pryor, 1151, 1152; and Senator Bill Nelson, 1209, 1210, 1236, and 1255. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so…

If the Senator from Alabama, our friend, would yield for one second. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Michigan.

I thank the Senator from New Mexico for his remarks. I agree with him; it was a lively debate. I also agree with him it is to be desired that kind of debate occurs more often in the Senate. The Senator from New Mexico has been very active…

And if I may, doing what the Senator from Arizona just did will also facilitate, hopefully, the acceptance of a unanimous consent request that there then be a cutoff as I described at perhaps noon or 1 o'clock today so we can know what the…

Let me notify Senators on our side that we are more than willing to do that same courtesy for them if they would let our staff know at the cloakroom this morning. We can do the same thing for Senators on our side as the Senator from…

So the regular order is the Levin-McCain amendment; is that correct? The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is correct. The Senator from Alabama.

We are then on the regular order; is that correct? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct. The regular order will be restored.

before the Chair recognizes our friend from Alabama, let me thank the Senator from New Hampshire not just for her kind and warm remarks, but also for the great contribution she has made to our committee. It has been an extraordinary launch…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate consider the amendments en bloc, the amendments be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendments (Nos…

first of all, I thank my friend and colleague from Arizona, the ranking member, for his comments and for all of his work on the committee. All of our colleagues on the committee have put in a lot of time. I want to emphasize something he…

Senators are encouraged to come to the floor to offer their amendments this morning. We are going to be here doing business. Senators who have remarks, speeches, proponents of the amendments, opponents of amendments are given an…

I ask unanimous consent that Christopher White, a national security fellow in Senator Warner's office, be given floor privileges during the consideration of the pending bill. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

I ask unanimous consent to call up the following amendments, the first four on behalf of Senator Jack Reed, Nos. 1146, 1147, 1148, and 1204; a fifth for Senator Reed, amendment No. 1294; No. 1293, a Levin amendment; No. 1206, a Boxer…

I will be done in one moment so that our friend from New Mexico can schedule his presentation. I just wanted to add one additional thing to what the Senator from Arizona said, in addition to agreeing with him. We will be here today and we…

I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside and that the following amendments be called up en bloc. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask for the regular order after all of those actions are taken. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is now pending. Amendments Nos. 1071, 1086, 1106, 1140, and 1219 en bloc

I ask unanimous consent to call up five amendments en bloc which have been cleared by myself and the ranking member as follows: amendment No. 1071 on behalf of Senator McCain, to require the Secretary of Defense to report on all…

the pending business is S. 1867, the Defense Authorization Act; is that correct? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report. The bill clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 1867) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for…

first, let me thank the Senator from Rhode Island, my dear friend, for all the work he does on our committee and the other work he does for the Senate. He is an invaluable member of our Armed Services Committee, and I just want to not let…

I thank the Senator from New Mexico again for the comments, but also tell him how very much impressed I have been right from the first day I heard him with his openmindedness on subjects. It is very important that we keep open minds, and…

I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendments be temporarily set aside to call up, on behalf of Senator Bingaman, amendment No. 1117; and on behalf of Senator Gillibrand, amendments Nos. 1187 and 1211. Before the clerk reports, I…

I ask for the regular order on the Levin- McCain amendment. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The amendment is now the pending question.

I note the absence of a quorum. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.

in a short while I hope we will have, and expect that we will have, some amendments that have been cleared on both sides that we are going to be able to offer and hopefully adopt. What I thought I would do now is make a fairly lengthy…

let me thank the Senator from Oregon. We are happy to work with him. He is very deeply into these and so many other issues. His contribution is well known to all of us in the Senate. We are happy to work with him on these matters. The…