I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The majority leader. ____________________

My first question--either Dr. Ford or Mr. Largent could help answer this--is about secondary spectrum markets.

I too want the Senate to move to negotiate with the House on the budget. I think it is critically important. I have tremendous respect for the legislative process and our Republic at the State level, local level, and the Federal level. In…

Well, then, we are in the same place we were before. Basically, this is senatese, but what I basically said is that I want the Senate to go into negotiations with the House. The only thing we ask is that when they come back, there not be…

as we heard last summer and again throughout this week's debate, government subsidies are at the heart of both our agricultural and nutritional policies here in the United States. Subsidizing food costs in the form of payments for…

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Arizona. Mr. McCAIN. Madam President, I rise again in regret. The normal regular order of this body after both sides of the Capitol have agreed on a budget is to meet…

reserving the right to object, I would ask the Senator from Virginia if he would consider adding--I would ask consent that the Senator modify his request that it not be in order for the Senate to consider a conference report that includes…

since I raised the objection today, I wanted to close my comments by accurately describing to the people at home or in the gallery or elsewhere what is happening here. Maybe some folks are wondering what this is all about. It is pretty…

I thank the Senator. I rise in support of these sanctions as well. Americans are perhaps tempted these days to take a step back from the problems in places in the Middle East and wonder why do we need to be active in resolving these thorny…

thank you. To the Senator from Arizona, for whom I have great respect, I would point out two things: The first is in his argument when stating the issue of the debt limit is a nonissue. Hence, I don't understand the objection to having…

I ask unanimous consent that I be permitted to speak for up to 15 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I wanted to come to the floor to follow up on the news that we have had on the IRS situation, which I know is concerning to all Americans, Democrats, Republicans, everyone. The power of government is real and the power of the IRS is very…