Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for 30 seconds for a unanimous consent request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Then, Mr. President, in order to offer amendment No. 3013, I move to table the Reid amendment No. 3023, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second?

Parliamentary inquiry, Mr. President. Is it correct that no Senator is permitted to offer an amendment to this bill while the majority leader's amendments and motions are pending? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct that at…

Mr. President, I understand that a number of Senators have filed amendments related to energy policy, and I think they ought to be allowed to offer those amendments. I ask unanimous consent that it be in order for me to offer amendment No…

Thank you, Mr. President. I regret that. I think it is unfortunate. I know there are many others of my colleagues on this side who have amendments they would like to have votes on and to have an opportunity to debate. It is the first time…

Mr. President, in a moment I intend to propound a unanimous consent request that it be in order for me to offer my amendment No. 3002 to S. 2262, but I will speak for just a moment if I might about it. I think it is unfortunate that we are…

Madam President, yesterday USA Today and the Pew Research Center released a new poll that found Americans, by more than a 2-to-1 margin, were dissatisfied with the direction the country is going. Sixty-two percent of Americans rate their…

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion of my remarks, the Senator from Wyoming Mr. Barrasso be recognized, followed by the Senator from Arkansas Mr. Pryor. Madam President, I modify the unanimous consent request…

I come to the floor to discuss the proposed minimum wage hike and the jobs it will cost Americans. With more than 10 million Americans unemployed, the last thing this body should be doing is considering legislation that would jeopardize…

Let me just say to my colleague from North Dakota that we would like to have more North Dakota energy in South Dakota, of course, and have the direct benefit of that, but we focus in our State on jobs, and that is what this is all…

Those are the issues on which we should be focused. I hope we will start--and start creating jobs and opportunities for the American people. ____________________

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), and the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cruz). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn) would…