Thank you, Mr. President. I would like to ask unanimous consent to use the general time, not my own 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is no general debate time.

Can I ask to use my leadership time? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator does not have leader time.

Mr. President, I would like to ask at this time if Senator Baucus and then Senator Kyl and then Senator Vitter might comment--I see them on the Senate floor--about the importance of getting this fixed and the likelihood of us doing it…

I thank the Chair. Mr. President, I see the Senator from Montana, the Finance Committee chair on the Senate floor, along with Mr. Kyl, the Senator from Arizona, who has been one of the chief negotiators on the package, and the Senator from…

Mr. President, how much time do I have remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator has 3 minutes remaining.

I will take two of them now and then reserve the remainder of my time. We only have, under the agreement arrived at between Leader Reid and Leader McConnell, 15 minutes to correct this mistake. At 12 o'clock, we are going to have to vote…

Mr. President, how much time do I have remaining? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Seven minutes.

I wish to retain that 7 minutes after Senator DeMint speaks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina is recognized. Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I have a motion at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion is pending. Mr…

Mr. President, I see Senator DeMint here. I know he has time allocated to him. I also have 8\1/2\ minutes left. I want to make sure I will be able to retain my 8\1/2\ minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana has 7 minutes…

Mr. President, I thank the leadership on both sides for giving me an opportunity, in just a few minutes, to have a portion of the time when it comes to the discussion of the bill we are going to be voting on at noon. But I thought before I…

Mr. President, this Senate is not going to be the same place without the Senator from Indiana. In fact, it will be a lesser place because he has been such an outstanding Senator. I wish to let him know he will be very much missed. He…

I would like to speak for the next 5 minutes. I understand Senator Voinovich is on his way, but I would like to speak for the next 5 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.