yesterday at the White House it was reported that President Bush told Republican leaders to keep fighting to get Mr. Bolton, the President's nominee to be U.N. ambassador, an up-or-down vote. Keep fighting--that was the message delivered…

I will use my leader time. Mr. President, global warming constitutes one of the greatest challenges of our time. I believe that. Greenhouse gas emissions from the burning of fossil fuels have threatened not only our environment but also…

Votes in relation to your amendment. It could be some other motion, but we will get a vote on or in relation to your amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the unanimous consent request as modified by Senator Warner?

And it is regardless of the Parliamentarian making a decision as to what he said.

I have stated on a number of occasions publicly my great affection for my friend from Illinois. We came together to Congress. He has been a very close personal friend. I have such great admiration for him. He has been a great whip during…

I would be totally opposed to cloture being invoked if I felt the majority was somehow stopping us from offering amendments, but that has not been the case. There has been ample opportunity for people to offer amendments. So I think we…

If someone from the majority wants to speak, I will be happy to put the vote over for a few minutes for whatever few minutes I use. I, first, want to thank Senator Bingaman for his leadership on the renewable energy issue. He has always…

the time I have is leader time, and I wanted to say a few things. I was not here yesterday afternoon because of the funeral of Senator Exon. I say to my colleagues, those of us who went to that funeral were so impressed with what this man…

first, I rise to express my appreciation to Senator Cantwell for the issue she has brought before the Senate. I am so convinced that the 40 percent can be met in 20 years. When President Kennedy said, We need to go to the Moon, he did not…

I rise to respond to a statement that was made yesterday. I want to provide an update on the status of the Bolton nomination. As I said yesterday, and I say now, we on this side of the aisle have been clear and consistent on our position…

It is amazing to me, Madam President, the more the popularity of the President plummets, the more the people downtown try to play this game ``I gotcha.'' Families are attacked, reputations are impugned, bogus, baseless statements are made…

I will use leader time or, if no one is going to use their time, I will just use whatever is available. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator may proceed.

we are ready for the next amendment. What I would suggest for the good of the order is that while they are negotiating a finality of this ethanol amendment--that is taking place as we speak--Senator Cantwell be allowed to move forward on…

A couple of hours. With the 12:30 schedule, I would hope we would have a vote on ethanol; otherwise, we will debate that and whenever that finishes move to another issue, if ethanol is not resolved. It is not going to be a day-long debate.

I know the majority leader, and I want to move this legislation along. We have great plans for the last week of this work period to do some appropriations bills, one of which I hope would be the bill of Senator Domenici and this Senator…

from the outset of the debate on John Bolton's nomination, Senate Democrats have had a clear and consistent position. If the administration works in good faith to give the Senate the information it deserves, the Senate Democrats are ready…

we made a lot of progress yesterday. It may not seem that way because all we did was ethanol. There were a lot of activities going on behind the scenes to move this legislation forward. Senator Cantwell will offer her amendment this…

we have had a conversation as suggested by the distinguished chairman. He is, as usual, right. I ask unanimous consent that the pending amendment be set aside and that Senator Cantwell be allowed to offer her amendment, and that at such…

That was Senator Domenici's request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from California is recognized.

Of course, I certainly understand that. I am only talking about first-degree amendments.

I think that would be totally appropriate. I would ask--the amendments we are talking about would be first-degree amendments.

has the bill been laid down yet? The PRESIDING OFFICER. It has not. ____________________

I am going to depart the floor and let the managers manage this bill, as they should. They are some of our most experienced Senators. The only thing I want to make sure is that the record is clear that following the offering of the…

the ranking member is in the Finance Committee at a very important meeting dealing with CAFTA. He is going to return as soon as the distinguished chairman of the committee makes his opening statement. I ask unanimous consent that the first…

I ask that the next amendment in order be that of Senator Cantwell of Washington. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?