I support this amendment. I suggest we voice vote it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment. The amendment (No. 706) was agreed to.

people at home are going out of business every day--I think everybody knows that--from the overregulation that is out there. A lot of people talk about the problem with the taxes. I contend that the imposition of these regulations is even…

I think this is a good amendment. I want to make it very clear that this has nothing to do with my amendment No. 139, which comes up next. This is merely talking about negotiating treaties. Mine is about opposing second amendment rights. I…

I thank the Senator from Alabama very much. We have been very much involved--not just myself but the Senator from Alabama and others--in this whole sequestration thing. The longer we have these hearings on this, the more we come to the…

I am going to try hard and encourage our leadership to allow a vote on this very significant amendment. And I would say, if we could pull out maybe 3 or 4 amendments of all the 200 or 300 amendments, this would have to be one that most…

They have been trying to regulate carbon now legislatively for 10 years and have been unable to do it. I actually had a bill up where we got 50 votes, but it took a 60-vote threshold to make it happen. So we know the votes are here and the…

Reserving the right to object, it is understood that we are having a side-by-side that would be on there. No objection.

I ask unanimous consent to waive the reading of the amendment. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To require the continuation of tuition assistance programs for…

First of all, as a cosponsor of the amendment, I am glad the Senator is getting around to the merits. Yes, it is a great injustice the Senator is going through right now, not getting his amendment heard. I have to say, though, as probably…

I am perfectly willing and I know some of the Democratic sponsors of the bill, Senator Hagan and others, would be in agreement to go ahead and accept this by voice vote. What this does is reverse the decision from the Department of Defense…

I know something about this being the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee. We went through this. Is the Senator aware that in one purchase the administration--now, I am talking about the White House--forced the Navy to buy…

I call up amendment No. 72 and ask for its immediate consideration. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the amendment. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Inhofe], for himself and Mrs…