Dick Lugar: “There has to come a time when it will be appropriate for us to withdraw.”

I would like to recognize Senator Vitter on our side. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana.

I believe that the verification provisions of New START are important, to begin with, leaving aside anything else.

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Shaheen). The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

The balancing of trade in food by the international trading system is a major factor in hunger, and I am delighted you are working on it.