Angie Craig

I would object to the laying aside of the pending amendment, which would not restrict the Senator's right to file an amendment at the desk and speak about it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment may be submitted for the Record.

If the Senator wishes to make brief remarks, then I would put the Senate in morning business.

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the reason I sent that list of cosponsors to the desk is to demonstrate to all of our colleagues that 61 Senators--60 plus myself--are now in support of the legislation that is pending before the Senate that we will move to active…

I should say, yes, I would amend that unanimous consent to say Thursday, not Wednesday. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the unanimous consent request? The Chair hears none, and it is so ordered.

What the Senator is saying, there have been 24 or 25 lawsuits filed against gun manufacturers and dealers by municipalities. Half of them have been thrown out of the courts as being frivolous.

let me thank Senator Reed for his cooperation and effort today as we work our way through this legislation. Several amendments that had have been brought to the floor with an attempt to offer them we are looking to see if we can work with…

The Senator does not have to lay the pending amendment aside to file an amendment? The PRESIDING OFFICER. No, he does not.

I seek recognition today to submit a resolution recognizing the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Veterans' Administration and acknowledging the achievements of the employees, past and present, of the Veterans' Administration…

for the short term, we have a problem that we will resolve when we return a week from now. By then I hope we have accurate figures, so that we can do as I think the Senate wants to do, and as the unanimous consent of the Senate expressed…

at this late hour it is interesting to me that, having had the House and the Senate speak in two different voices on the same issue in less than 24 hours, we would stand here and determine exactly the right thing to do. The $1.5 billion…

I would ask that be done, if that is necessary. Ten minutes is clearly adequate. I need no longer than that.

I spent the last few minutes listening to my colleague from North Dakota discuss a very important issue for our country. While he and I have come to the same conclusion as to how we are going to vote on this issue, we have come from…

Since Congress gave the President fast-track trade negotiating authority in August of 2002, we have had to face the reality that comes with it. I supported giving the President that authority because clearly the executive branch is the…

yesterday, our friend and colleague from New Hampshire said this amendment is not about being a wild-eyed environmentalist, but that it is about being fiscally responsible. So I am going to take the fiscally responsible side of that…

I thank Senator Santorum, a member of the Republican leadership, a gentleman who has brought forth this amendment, who recognized the problem that has very rapidly emerged in the last several weeks with veterans health care. At the…

I thought my comments on this issue had concluded, but I feel the statements just made by the Democratic leader deserve some response. I will work very hard to sustain a calm tone and a bipartisan tone, as has been the character of the…

I thank the Chair. I trust that our colleagues are on the Senate floor. I see them. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Missouri is recognized. Amendment No. 925

we are going to move as quickly as we can. It appears that we can complete all work on this bill tonight. We have a few remaining amendments. I am going to offer a unanimous consent request at this time and, hopefully, we can cut the time…

before I move to a couple of other items to complete our work this evening, I will yield the floor to the Senator from Georgia for a brief statement. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Georgia. (The remarks of Mr. Chambliss are…

It is now my understanding that Senator Schumer will close, and the 7 minutes remaining includes the 2 that had been allotted in the original UC.

I would hope that timewise, all time could be used on the Sununu amendment, understanding there is still a minute to close at the time of the vote and that we can return now to the Schumer amendment. Senator Bond is on the Senate floor…

under the unanimous consent, we now have the Sununu amendment with a minute allocated to each side for closing comments. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct. Who yields time? The Senator from Idaho.

Let me work this through. This will take a minute or 2 for the Senator from Missouri. It has been agreed to. It will be a voice vote, and then we will move immediately to the votes.

I will attempt to offer a unanimous consent now that will finalize action on the Schumer amendment and move us to the Sununu amendment. I ask unanimous consent that Senator Schumer be recognized to offer his amendment No. 810 and that…