On the recordSeptember 23, 2013
tomorrow we are going to come in--I will ask consent in a little bit. We will come in at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. There will be a speech by me and Senator McConnell. Then we have a vote at a quarter to 12, if I recall. Tomorrow afternoon Senator Mikulski is going to--after we have our caucus--come in and be recognized for 20 minutes. Following her remarks, Senator Cruz will be recognized. I am happy to listen to those two Senators. The place I am in now is that we are on automatic pilot. I filed the cloture motion. Cloture will occur Wednesday. The latest will be at noon. With some agreement we can move it up an hour or two. People can talk all they want. There is no way we can be prevented from having that vote. So we will have conversation, but there will not be any filibusters, because under the rules the time is for talking. But it does not delay anything. As I indicated today earlier in a conversation I had with the Republican Senator, we follow the rules. Whatever the rules are, we follow them and do the best we can to make sure they are as fair to everyone as possible. ____________________
