Mr. President, I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 1487 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there is 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in…

Madam President, first, let me commend the chairman of our committee, Senator Lieberman. As always, it has been a great pleasure to work with him to produce this bill. I also wish to commend the author of the bill, Senator Scott Brown, who…

Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk…

I move to lay that motion upon the table. The motion to lay upon the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 1510 to Amendment No. 1470 The PRESIDING OFFICER. There will now be 2 minutes of debate equally divided on the Enzi amendment No. 1510.

Madam President, I am very pleased the Senator from California has agreed to modify her amendment to apply it to the executive branch. I thank her very much for her cooperation, and I would suggest the amendment be adopted, as modified, by…

I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 1505 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine.

Mr. President, first, let me make the point to the Senator from California, I am a cosponsor of the STOCK Act. I cosponsored Senator Brown's bill, so it is not that I do not think legislation is needed in this area. I am a cosponsor on…

Mr. President, I do not know why the Senator from California, first of all, is assuming I am somehow opposed to her amendment. I have not said that. What I raised was a very legitimate question of asking whether she had considered…

Mr. President, the reason I am raising this issue--I realize the Senator from California has not had the misfortune I have had, of being constantly on the floor listening to the debate on this bill--but a major issue we have been grappling…

Mr. President, I want to comment briefly on the amendment that has been proposed by the Senator from California to the legislation written by Senator Brown. Senator Gillibrand has a similar bill as well, and I want to explain to our…

Mr. President, I support the intent of the amendment offered by the Senator from Alabama. I think he is right, we need parity, as much as possible, in the disclosure requirements. I also believe he is correct the disclosure reports should…

Mr. President, I thank the Senator from California for clarifying that issue and answering my question. I guess my further question would be, why would we only apply it to Members of Congress and not apply it to members of the executive…