I will take questions at some point, but I patiently sat here waiting for my own time. I will use it, and then I will allow the Senator to stand and ask a question. In the same statement, there was criticism of the participation…

Parliamentary inquiry: Under the current structure, how long before a Member on this side can be recognized? The PRESIDING OFFICER. A Senator cannot be recognized until the floor is relinquished.

I rise today to echo the comments of colleagues earlier about the contribution of Lamar Alexander, our friend and colleague, as well as somebody who has had an impact not just on the State of Tennessee but on the United States of America…

am I incorrect that the other side has a speaker coming at 11 o'clock? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair does not have information about that.

I urge my colleagues to read these bills. Look at your school systems. Make a decision that is right for the future of every child in this country and support our reauthorization efforts. I thank the Senator from Tennessee.

I will take whatever time the Chair gives me. I will yield, when I need to, to the other side. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Let me add to what my good friend from Missouri talked about. That is about the Federal commitment to disaster. North Carolina happens to be one of those States that is probably the most recent. We welcome the attention of FEMA, but we…

Why? Because KIPP officials have the flexibility to design how they educate those children. The goal at the end is the same--to meet a standard of performance, to meet an educational level that is set nationally. To me, it only makes…

I thank the Senator from a State once owned by North Carolina, and a distinguished Member of this August body. What are we doing here today? We are responding to what every CEO has said and every local leader has said and every parent has…

I rise today to recognize the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001. This year, like every year that has passed since, our nation reflects back on the horrific attacks that cost the lives of 2,977 men, women, and children in New York…

We can't teach teachers today the way we taught them 50 years ago because generationally and population-wise it's different.

Even if that's a high water mark, which is an appropriate term I think today for Maryland.