Madam President, I appreciate my friend from Michigan yielding the floor. I appreciate the statement. I appreciate the work the Subcommittee on Investigations has done and I appreciate the work his Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has done. They have done remarkably good work. I ask unanimous consent the Senate now proceed to vote in relation to the following amendments in the order listed; that no amendments be in order to any of the amendments covered in this agreement: Franken amendment No. 3991; LeMieux amendment No. 3774, as modified, and as a side-by-side to No. 3991; provided further that after the first vote in the sequence, the remaining vote be limited to 10 minutes; and that there be 2 minutes of debate equally divided and controlled prior to the second vote; further, that at the conclusion of these votes, Senator Kaufman be recognized for a period of 5 minutes as in morning business; that at the conclusion of his remarks, the Senate then stand in recess until 2 p.m.; that at 2 p.m. there be a period of morning business, in which Senators Menendez, Lautenberg, and Nelson of Florida be permitted to speak on the subject of S. 3305 and make a unanimous consent request upon the subject; that immediately thereafter the Senate resume the consideration of S. 3217 and there be 5 minutes debate remaining in order to the Sessions amendment No.…
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