I ask unanimous consent that the reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To reestablish the maximum aggregate amount permitted to be…

I yield back the time, and ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to Amendment No. 917. Under the previous order, the Senate amendment…

I rise in strong support of Vitter amendment No. 769, which we will be voting on a little after noon in the next block of votes. I want to encourage all of my colleagues, Democrats and Republicans, to come together in a strong bipartisan…

this amendment is bipartisan. I thank the bipartisan coauthors. The amendment would allow the reimportation of small, personal use quantities of safe FDA-approved prescription drugs from Canada only. It is a very modest amendment. It is…

I call for regular order with respect to amendment No. 769 and that the amendment be modified with the changes that are at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is pending. The amendment will be so modified. The amendment, as…

I ask unanimous consent that Senators Stabenow and Bingaman be added as cosponsors to the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

And if I could address the Senator through the Chair. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana.

In closing, let me state that this again very tightly narrows the amendment to a very specific purpose, to allow safe FDA- approved prescription drugs to be reimported for individual consumer use from Canada, and Canada only. In doing so…

pursuant to the unanimous consent agreement, I call up Vitter amendment No. 769. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Louisiana [Mr. Vitter] proposes an amendment…

let me briefly explain what this amendment is about, and I will be very brief. It will allow for personal use drug reimportation from Canada only. In doing so, this amendment is nearly identical to an amendment I proposed previously on the…

I ask unanimous consent to waive the reading of the whole. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prohibit the Food and Drug Administration from preventing an individual not in…

So again, I just want to be clear. When you talk about a total number of TARP repayment, this is not included.

I will speak for up to 10 minutes, but I would first defer to the Senator from Michigan for a unanimous consent agreement. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Michigan.

today is the 1-year anniversary of President Obama and Secretary of Interior Salazar finally lifting the formal moratorium on drilling in the Gulf of Mexico following the BP disaster. But simply lifting the moratorium did not solve the…

I move to vitiate the quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

I have a parliamentary inquiry. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate is in a quorum call.

There were elements of Dodd-Frank which in my opinion pushed that sector in the wrong direction, further protecting or advantaging the GSEs.

I wanted to focus in my questions on the housing finance agencies and market and the need to bring reform there, including a return of the private capital and the private market into that now very Government-dominated sector.

If the Super Committee hits the minimum target only, they are going to be doing that by going after the low hanging fruit.

It seems to me in the last decade the implicit guarantee by Fannie and Freddie was certainly closely related, a major or a significant cause of the decline in underwriting standards.

I think another factor is the CRA-type mandate Congress has put out there, which also has not changed.

I'm going to be watching from my family room in Metairie, Louisiana, because I have a Saints game party there, and I'm absolutely going to be there for the big game.

I rise today to honor a true American hero. On August 5, 2011, our State and Nation lost a great patriot when Navy SEAL CPO Robert Reeves, aged 32, died in Afghanistan during combat operations in support of Operation Enduring Freedom…

I am happy to be the first to take the distinguished majority leader up on his offer and be here on the Senate floor to talk about this very important matter. I plan on voting no on this proposal. It is a very important matter. It is in…

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