if I may have a few moments, the Senate is not in a quorum call, is it? The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is no quorum call.

I will yield to the leader. I thank him, too, for that resounding vote, which seems to me not that the debate is over but the debate is going to begin, and an overwhelming majority of the Members of the Senate want to adopt cybersecurity…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on July 26, 2012 at 1 p.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled…

I ask unanimous consent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 26, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 26, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Health…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 26, 2012, at 10 a.m. to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Financial Stability Oversight Council…

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 ``CCDBG Reauthorization: Helping to Meet the Child Care Needs of…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 26, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. in room SR 328A of the Russell Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on July 26, 2012, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:15 p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled…

may I ask what the pending business is now? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion to proceed on S. 3414.

I rise to speak on the motion to proceed to S. 3414, which is the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. This cloture motion has been filed that will ripen sometime tomorrow, but I think it is the hope of Members on both sides of the aisle that we can…

for the information of my colleagues, I know the Senate majority leader is in discussions with the Republican leader, and I know the hope is we can soon have the vote on a motion to proceed to S. 3414. But as yet I have not been informed…

I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on July 26, 2012 at 10 a.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct an executive business…

I thank my friend from Kansas. Normally, when you yield the floor to a colleague in the Senate, you are not sure how long they are going to speak. So he not only kept his word to speak for less than 3 minutes, he proved that he continues…

I thank my dear friend, the ranking member on the Homeland Security Committee, for her excellent and thoughtful statement. I thank Senator Rockefeller, the chair of the Commerce Committee, for his compelling statement on behalf of…

I thank the Chair. Mr. President, I suppose Senator McConnell, the leader, has given a preface as to what I want to say. I think the American people should know where we stand on these important questions. That is why I come to the floor…

I thank the Chair. Mr. President, I rise to support that motion to proceed to S. 3414, which is the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, and I do so with the hope and request that all of our colleagues will vote yes on this motion to proceed so we…

I say to my friend from Arizona, of course, I agree with him. The reality is that the premature judgment about the victory of the Syrian freedom fighters is exactly that-- premature. The assassination, elimination of these critical leaders…

I thank Senator McCain for his leadership. This is one of those cases where we have the opportunity-- and it is painful that we have not taken it over these many months of the uprising in Syria--not only to do what is right but to do what…

I thank my friend. I feel disappointed we continue to have to return to the floor to make these pleas. I hope we come to a day soon when we come to the floor to celebrate the victory of freedom and the defeat of Assad the dictator. May it…

Well, the Senator makes a very important point. Let me relate it back to one of the excuses that has been given for the United States not to have become more involved on the side of the opposition to Assad, which is the side of freedom…

I thank the Senator. I want to make clear, as we finish, what we are talking about. What are we asking our government to do? We are not asking our government to put American troops on the ground in Syria. They do not need American troops…

Absolutely. So we have to learn from those lessons of history. There is a coalition of the willing waiting to be formed here, if only we in the United States will show leadership. Nobody is asking us and we are not asking for unilateral…

This is an attempt to take a step, a significant step, to rebuild the lost trust that the American people feel today in members of Congress.

This is an attempt to take a step, a significant step, to rebuild the lost trust that the American people feel today in members of Congress.