Mary Landrieu: “This is a national issue of the highest priority.”

I ask unanimous consent to have up to 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

yesterday we had a very different topic--the Keystone XL Pipeline--on the floor of the Senate. That fight is over for now, but the fight for adoption, foster care children, and all children in the world who are in desperate need of parents…

There is a lot of room to avoid duplication.

I ask unanimous consent that Jonathon Burpee, a National Park Service fellow on the staff of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, be granted floor privileges for the duration of the 113th Congress. ____________________