Through the Chair, I would like to ask the Senator from New Hampshire. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Hampshire is recognized for a question to the Senator from Louisiana.

I don't have the final details, but I understand we will be voting sometime tonight, in the near future, on several different amendments that have to do with potentially the supplemental bill and potentially the small business bill, but…

I thank the Senator. I wish to continue to speak as is required, not seeing anyone else on the floor. I appreciate the opportunity while we are waiting. I love the analogy the Senator from Rhode Island mentioned about the blockade. We have…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes as in morning business. I may ask to extend my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I am just to speak for 1 minute now and turn it over to the good Senator from Oregon, who will speak for a few minutes on this subject, and then the Senator from Washington State, as we wait for the underlying paperwork that is going to…

Mr. President, the Senator is aware that all 59 Democrats support Main Street, and we have been joined by the Senator from Florida, Mr. LeMieux. This is the LeMieux-Landrieu-Merkley- Cantwell-Boxer amendment. We will be joined by others…

I thank the Senator from Washington. We are joined now by the Senator from Rhode Island, who has been another champion for small business. He knows, as we all do, that small businesses are the engines that are going to lead us out of this…

Mr. President, I thank my colleague, and let me add a few words to that wonderful explanation. Again, what we are on the floor talking about here--the jobs 3 bill, the small business bill--is a lending program for small business. This is…

Mr. President, I am going to read a few of these organizations into the Record at this time. This is a very market- based, private-sector approach to solving this problem, and that is why the American Apparel & Footwear Association, the…

Mr. President, I am joined by my colleague from Oregon, Mr. Merkley, who has been a wonderful supporter of the small business package and as a member of the Banking Committee has been very instrumental in the shaping of the jobs bill 3…

Mr. President, I wish to speak for about 5 or 10 minutes--not very long--about an important matter before the Senate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Samantha Seiter be granted the privilege of the floor for the debate on the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________