Well, let me stop you if I can because there was in Sources Sought a notice released on October 9, 2013...

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. PRYOR). Without objection, it is so ordered.

a lot has been said in the last few days. I guess the issue is not everybody has said it. I am not sure that two people have been closer to the progress and the process of the Affordable Care Act than Dr. Tom Coburn and myself. We were in…

I would like to be recognized on the student loan bill. The time can come out of the Manchin-Burr amendment. I am not sure exactly how we are allocating time. Let me take this opportunity to thank the cosponsors of the bill: Senator…

The Senator is exactly right. There are others on the other side who would like to speak. Madam Chair, at this time I reserve the remainder of the time on our side and yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.

As I said earlier, how does that compute to the average student? It means a lower monthly payment. Under the bill that we will vote on, which is the current extension--the kick-the-can-down-the-road plan--they will pay $78 a month, and…

I have learned in my 20 years in Washington that ``permanent'' is defined as a 2-year session of Congress, and the next could easily change it.

I am sure the Senator came with a chart. But let me say that we have an 8.25-percent consolidation cap. The reality is that if you are going to move to a market-based system, the question we have as Senators is, How do we drive interest…

It holds for 1 year until the readjustment of the 10-year bond, which could by higher, it could be lower.

I would rather make the points that I need to because at 12 we are going to vote on one bill. We are going to vote on a 3.4-percent extension, kicking the can down the road for 12 months, not fixing the problem, not finding the solution…

What didn't exist when my colleague went to college and graduate school was that we didn't have an income test for repayment. We don't charge anybody over 15 percent on an annual basis. When the Senator went through the system, he was…

If it influences the Senator from Iowa at all, I will allow my 2 minutes to go to him, if the Senator wouldn't object to him having 3 additional minutes.