I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 86, nays 14, as…

I know of no further debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the title of the bill for the third time. The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading and was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having…

I would agree it is hard to find anything with more merit than this. It is something I want to work very hard to accomplish. However, we do have an agreement that this would violate. For that reason, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is…

Reserving the right to object. We have a President who has put this plan together. We spent a lot of time on this. The Senate has been heard. We actually discussed this as we put together our bill. For that reason, I do object to the…

I ask unanimous consent that the following amendments be called up en bloc and the Senate vote on adoption of the amendments en bloc with no intervening action or debate. Before I read the names, which I will do, I make that request: I ask…

reserving the right to object, this is an issue that we have talked about for some time, and we have spent a whole year on this bill. We have covered these issues before. I do object to that modification. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there…

We are at the point now where I would like to make a few comments, and I would like to ask our ranking member to make some comments. This has been a long time in the making. I have said several times on the floor that this, in my opinion…

first of all, can I say Senator Reed has been incredibly great in this whole process. We have been working on this for a whole year now, and we are now to the point where tomorrow we should be able to pass it out of--it will not be passed…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Loeffler). Without objection, it is so ordered. S. 4049

I support strong oversight of the 1033 Program, and I understand the intent behind my colleague's amendment. We want to make sure that the wrong kind of equipment doesn't get into the hands of people who cannot properly use it, so we have…

we have three groups of speakers having to do with the vote that will take place at 11:45 a.m., and during that time I will take the first 15 minutes, and then other Members will have amendments. The first two amendments will be the Schatz…

right now, we are in the middle of what I have referred to several times as what I consider to be the most significant bill of the year, the National Defense Authorization Act-- one that you can almost be sure will pass. This will be the…