John Kerry: “we are now, as everybody knows, on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It is my understanding…”

“we are now, as everybody knows, on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It is my understanding that we have about 48 minutes for each side. I would ask the opponents of the treaty to do what we normally do, which is go back and forth from one side to the other. I notice there is no one here for the other side, so what we will do is use up a component of our time, and then, because they are not here, I think it would be fair not to chew up the time in a quorum call. So I ask unanimous consent that if the opponents on the other side are not ready to speak or to use their time, that the quorum call be charged against them because I don't think we should give up our time as a result of their simply not being here. So I ask unanimous consent that if there is a quorum and we are not speaking, the time be charged to their side. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection?”