Jim Inhofe

That is correct. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. As in morning business. Judicial Nominations

We are overdue getting on the highway bill. We are preparing right now to offer a substitute amendment. We are prepared to do that, but Senator Specter had said he wanted to speak for a period of time as in morning business. He has been…

That is my understanding. You remained here with me all last week inviting Members to bring their amendments down. We said we would be getting close. Who knows, we may even get a cloture vote, and then at the last minute hysteria will set…

Let me go ahead and put this in order, then. Order Of Procedure Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that there be 8 minutes remaining for debate prior to a vote in relation to the Bond amendment No. 592, with Senator Warner in control…

I was going to propound a UC that you have 3 additional minutes, the Senator from Missouri has 3 additional minutes, and Senator Jeffords 2 additional minutes, if that is all right.

First I say to the Senator from Colorado, we miss him on the committee. He was an excellent member of the committee. However, he was replaced by some excellent freshmen who are as enthusiastic as was the Senator from Colorado. While we…

Let me repeat one more time, we are going to be open for business, as we were today, tomorrow. We will invite people to come down. I want to get on the record right now, very often we go through this exercise and when we get close to the…

Some people are not aware that when you have something as massive as a highway bill, it is not just the committee I chair, the Environment and Public Works Committee, but other committees are involved, including the Finance Committee, the…

It has been agreed that anyone who wants to seek the floor can seek the floor, and we will be returned to the amendment under consideration, which is the Bayh amendment. We move to temporarily set the Bayh amendment aside for the purpose…

As we said over and over again, I have a list of about eight amendments people have said they want to come down and offer. This is the third day now we have been inviting them to come down. So far only Senator Thune has brought his…

The amendment of the distinguished Senator, it is my understanding, is one that has been in consideration in the Finance Committee. There is a freestanding bill called ``Stopping Overseas Subsidies Act of 2005.'' Is that correct?

I have no objection to the 20 minutes for that purpose. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. DeMint). The Senator from Massachusetts.

The regular order of business is the Transportation bill. We will proceed now. It is our desire to discourage people from coming down to the Senate floor until we have started receiving these amendments. There is no more important piece of…

I would ask the Senator, if we were to go ahead and allow you 20 minutes on another subject, if someone came down, prior to that time being used, to offer an amendment, would you at that time yield the floor? It is highly unlikely that…

I would make the request of the Senator from Massachusetts to go ahead and proceed in terms of his comments on the highway bill. Then, since we do have others coming down, we have to get through this section by section. Can the Senator…

As we have said, we are on the substitute, our committee substitute. That will be the one that will receive amendments. We have invited Members to come to the floor with their amendments. While we are waiting for those to come to the…

We are now on the substitute. I understand there are some amendments that are either on their way down or are going to be presented at this time. If not, we will talk a little bit about the bill and where we are today. We are prepared now…

Today we will resume debate on the motion to proceed to highway legislation. On Friday, a cloture motion was filed to the motion to proceed. Under the order, that cloture vote will occur at 11:45 tomorrow morning. On behalf of the…

I was going to make a unanimous consent request to have a very short statement concerning S. 359. I recognize your amendment is pending, but I would do that through unanimous consent. This is the Agriculture Job Opportunity Benefits and…

Let me inquire as to what is the regular order? The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Senators are permitted to speak for up to 10 minutes in morning business.

First let me say to my friend, Senator Wyden, he has always been a champion of that cause. A lot of us with different political philosophies rely on his judgment, his experience, his background, and those things he has accomplished in the…

Let me say--this is probably the first and only time I have ever said this--I have been listening carefully to my friend from New Jersey, and I agree with everything he said. I have had a chance to talk a little bit about some of these…

I went to nine different colleges and universities, all of them night school where I was stationed when I was in the military. I remember once I got out I backed a truck up to the University of Tulsa and shoved off all my transcripts, and…

The EDA planning program is an important program which provides technical assistance to communities to develop and implement comprehensive economic development strategies. As a matter of fact this bill will provide an historic increase in…

Is it correct to say, then, that this Harkin amendment expressing the sense of the Senate was actually intended to be an expression of support for the current approach of the Department of Defense to the AFRTS which provides programming…