David Vitter: “if I could clarify the request to understand that under our previous unanimous consent agreement on this amendment, it…”

“if I could clarify the request to understand that under our previous unanimous consent agreement on this amendment, it will come out of the time of the opposition. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, in a moment of seriousness, what is the parliamentary situation? How much time on either side? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The time until 2 o'clock is divided between the Senator from Louisiana and the Senators from Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Mr. McCAIN. Then I ask unanimous consent to be recognized for 10 minutes, taken from the time of the opposition to the amendment, which is the time of the Senator from Pennsylvania and the Senator from Massachusetts. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, the Senator from Arizona is recognized. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, I appreciate the remarks of my friend from Louisiana. Of course, it is not amnesty. Of course, it is not amnesty. I urge my colleagues, as well as specifically my colleague from Louisiana--next time up, I am going to bring a dictionary out here to confirm the definition of the word ``amnesty.'' The definition of the word ``amnesty'' is forgiveness. We did that in the 1980s and it didn't work. And to call the process that we require under this legislation amnesty, frankly, distorts the debate and is an unfair interpretation of it. I might add that the President of the United States, in a very powerful statement to the American people, called it what it is, and that is earned citizenship.…”