May I ask another question? I appreciate what the Senator has said, but the ranking member has made it clear for many months now that she doesn't support--and I have great respect for her-- the Small Business Lending Fund. So we actually did what we were supposed to do. We had a debate for 12 hours on the floor, and everybody got to speak. She spoke, I spoke, everyone spoke. And do you know what happened? The minority leader may remember. We got 60 votes, so we won.
Senator Landrieu discusses the debate and outcome regarding the Small Business Lending Fund.
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I ask unanimous consent to speak immediately after the vote for 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________
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