Mr. President, pursuant to a conversation with the distinguished committee chairman, I ask unanimous consent to temporarily set aside the pending amendment to call up the Toomey- Vitter amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Louisiana [Mr. Vitter], for himself and Mr. Toomey, proposes an amendment numbered 112.
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