again, I am open to any reasonable path forward that would produce this one, simple, straightforward vote on pure disclosure, information that I think should clearly be public information. So as a third alternative, I ask unanimous consent…

I come to the floor again to try to achieve what I think is a very simple and straightforward but important objective: to get a clear up-or-down vote on a pure disclosure proposal I have. This proposal would say that the elections all of…

reclaiming the floor, again I am open to any reasonable way to get a simple vote on a pure disclosure provision anytime this calendar year. In that spirit, I have an alternative. I ask unanimous consent that all remaining time on the…

I appreciate the comments of the distinguished floor manager. I want to respond very briefly. My goal is a clear up-or-down vote on this pure disclosure proposal. I am open for suggestions for that to happen in any reasonable timeframe…

Well, Mr. President, reclaiming my time again, I think that is unfortunate. That would be an even quicker route forward on the compounding bill because had that unanimous consent request been agreed to, the compounding bill would have just…

Well, Mr. President, reclaiming my time, that is unfortunate. That could dispose of this bill and pass this bill today--a very straightforward, expeditious way of passing this bill with no delay. I said I had a second choice, a path…

I rise today to again advocate for no Washington exemption from ObamaCare. This is an issue I have talked about with several of our colleagues in this body, and I have been joined by many supporters in the House of Representatives. I…

I come to the Senate floor today to urge my colleagues again to focus on an important issue in the overall ObamaCare debate; and that is how Washington fares under ObamaCare, and does Washington live by the same rules, the same laws it…

Hasn't that bar been lowered significantly?

It appears EPA is also on the verge of getting sued again, probably in an attempt to force the Agency into additional regulations.

This is important because this activity, this oil and gas activity, and particularly fracking, is at the center of the biggest positive development in our economy in the last decade.

So does everybody agree that those subcategories absolutely matter and we have a lot to learn from those specific subcategory conclusions?

I would specifically ask you to get those legitimate questions answered, including a list of Agency officials who have participated.

In a sense, the overall summary could be EPA was way off in terms of estimates about the fracking process.

In any of that future work, will the EPA commit to using actual measurement data from actual sites like the University of Texas study?

A number of us are a little concerned about the very sort of backdoor way EPA has gone at regulating methane.

I also want to underscore how important it is that we talk about the University of Texas Environmental Defense Fund collaborative study.

I rise to speak on this nomination and to oppose it because of the recent actions of the Office of Personnel Management with regard to the Washington exemption from ObamaCare. I voted just now against cloture on the nomination, and I will…

a couple of hours ago I was on the Senate floor urging and encouraging the House to act on a compromise proposal to deal with the current fiscal issues before us that included the ``no Washington exemption'' from the ObamaCare language. As…

I rise to concur with the House of Representatives to consider and pass what they seem to be focused on, which is a compromise resolution to the crisis before us which includes ``no Washington exemption'' language regarding ObamaCare. I…

I am under exactly the same program. What I am suggesting is merely that we follow the law. The distinguished Senator and many of his Democratic colleagues constantly make the point that ObamaCare is the law of the land. He is right. I…

I will in a second. Again, I congratulate the House for doing exactly that, for doing exactly that. Again, I would point out, assuming the House does that and passes that tonight, the only significant difference between their package and…

If I can respond and reclaim my time, I do not think that is true at all. I think ObamaCare absolutely forces millions of other Americans into the exchanges. It is not the same mechanism that it is for Members of Congress. It is not an…

Absolutely. Reclaiming my time and reclaiming the floor, that is absolutely public information. That is true. What I am merely suggesting is that ObamaCare mandates the change. That is the law of the land, as the Senator and his Democratic…

Thank you. I urge again that the Senate stand tall and stand with the American people, not stand for Washington elites. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The assistant majority leader.