We need a holistic solution that addresses it not only for the urban areas--Fargo and Moorhead--but also for the rural areas and addresses it for the small towns and for our farmers as well.

It is my strong belief it needs to be rescinded. Our farmers and ranchers are looking at 56 different practices they are supposed to try to understand, track, and follow. I mean, this thing is just absolutely unworkable.

I would inquire as to the remaining time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from North Dakota has 13 minutes and the Senator from Louisiana has 3 minutes.

So I turn to my colleague from California and my colleague from Louisiana. The time has come to vote. We have had the vigorous debate. I would go back to what I said on this floor repeatedly and will continue to say until we get this…

I have 2 minutes remaining to start the final portion of the debate prior to the vote. So without objection---- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Sure. That is fine. Madam President, I am going to go through a series of charts here. They are actually getting a little worn because I have used them now for a number of years. I am very hopeful that after today, or certainly after the…

Would the Senator from Louisiana like to do that now? Then she would still have 2 minutes to use after I finish as well. I am trying to find out how the Senator would like to use her remaining time.

I would inquire of the Senator from Louisiana if she would like to use her 3 minutes in addition to the agreement for the final 8? Would the Senator from Louisiana like to use her 3 minutes at this time?

I would respond to the question of the Senator from Louisiana. My understanding is we were targeting to maybe have the vote at 5:30. I would be certainly pleased to work through that with the Senator and Senator Boxer, finishing up, maybe…

Today we vote on S. 2280, introduced by myself and Senator Landrieu. There are actually 54 sponsors on the legislation with us. So we have a total of 56 sponsors of this bipartisan bill. That is the same bill that has been passed in the…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from North Dakota.

I would like to take 5 minutes to respond to some of the comments the Senator from California made in regard to the environmental impacts. First, if we look at the environmental impact statements--actually, there were five environmental…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. Under the previous order, the bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The result…

I wish to thank the minority leader, but I ask him to repeat his question. Mr. McCONNELL. As the Senator from North Dakota was engaged in conversation, I was talking about his leadership role in this endeavor the last 6 years and the…

I wish to respond to the minority leader. That has been the case, that we have worked for some time to get a vote on this important issue. We actually had passed a measure back in 2012 attached to a payroll tax holiday. At that time the…

there have been a whole range of numbers offered. But I think to cut through to a number that people should be able to accept and to agree on is to take the number the State Department has put forward in the environmental impact statement…

I would like to thank the minority leader. I would like to thank all the Members of our caucus for joining on this bipartisan legislation. You know, we are continuing to work across the aisle to get 60 votes. At the end of the day, you…

I again thank the Senator from Oklahoma. Since 1948, with the first well hydraulically fractured--there have been no cases of contamination since 1948. We are now using this hydraulic fracturing with the latest new greatest technology…

On the facts and on the merits--which is how we have to make decisions for the American people--this is a project about energy, producing energy here at home so we don't have to get it from the Middle East. We know what is going on with…

I thank the distinguished Senator from Georgia for his strong support and his clear understanding of why we need this project and for putting the focus on national security. In poll after poll two-thirds of Americans support this project…

I thank the Senator from Oklahoma, who has been a leader in energy for so many years. This morning we were addressed by the President of Ukraine. Look at their situation. Because they haven't developed their own energy resources and…

I have one more question for my friend from Oklahoma before I turn to my good friend from the State of Georgia. Answer, please, if you would. As we produce this energy domestically--so we are producing energy here, we are creating jobs, we…

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 35 minutes for the purposes of engaging in a colloquy with my colleagues on the issue of the Keystone XL Pipeline. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

tomorrow is the sixth anniversary of the application for approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Six years. Six years ago, September 19, 2008, the TransCanada company applied for a permit for approval to cross the Canadian border to build…

I would like to thank the Senator from Oklahoma and pick up on a point he made very well. He made of number of points that are extremely compelling, but one of the points he made is that overall, since about 2008, 2009, that area, our oil…