Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Louisiana is recognized.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate, on September 14, 2010, at 2:15 p.m., in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous conent that the Select Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on September 14, 2010, at 2:30 p.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the time in recess for the caucus luncheons count postcloture. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Mr. President, the Senator from Virginia is absolutely correct. He has put his finger on two pending and very serious problems. One is the regulation direction being driven by some of the new legislation we have passed. Of course, he would…

Mr. President, I thank the leader for his kind words, but the fact is we would not have gotten to this point this morning where 61 Senators raised their hands or their voices to vote yes for this important and substantial piece of…

Parliamentary inquiry: If we get 60 votes, we move forward with the bill; is that correct? The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is correct. Cloture is invoked on the substitute. Cloture Motion By unanimous consent, pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair…

Mr. President, could you acknowledge the vote we are about ready to take? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The vote is on invoking cloture on the substitute amendment No. 4594 to H.R. 5297, the Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010.

Madam President, I thank both Senators from Ohio and from North Dakota who have been two of the most effective and passionate leaders for ending this recession, creating jobs for the middle class, jobs focused on Main Street as opposed to…

Let me respond to one point. I realize that part of the problem is the way the regulators are coming down a little harder than they probably need to in some instances with our community banks in an effort to prevent the banking system from…

The bill we have put forward, supported by hundreds of organizations, has a way forward. I wish to also include for the Record another editorial by Mr. Richard Neiman of the Wall Street Journal. I submit it again because it is so good. The…

Madam President, I appreciate the chairman yielding me just a few minutes. I wish to associate myself strongly with his remarks and urge our colleagues on this side to vote against the DeMint amendment. The Senator from Montana is…