I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my Republican colleagues for up to 30 minutes. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Would the Senator from Ohio yield. I think the Senator from Ohio is making such a good point, because here the President is saying producing more will not lower prices. Does that seem like the fundamental supply-and-demand explanation that…

If I understand the question of the Senator from California, if we can substitute at some point the compromise language in the Commerce title, I am going to be absolutely supportive of this bill because I trust Senator Rockefeller. We have…

I rise to urge my colleagues to vote no on cloture on Senator Reid's amendment No. 1633 to the highway bill. The bill we are getting ready to vote on puts the other titles into the highway bill from the Commerce Committee, Finance…

I wish to comment on the remarks of the leader just a few minutes ago. I came to talk about the budget, which I want to do, that was produced by the President. But I will say we had a vote on going to the highway bill last week and the…

I do wish to speak about the fiscal year 2013 budget that came out this week from the President, and I guess I would start by saying here we go again. Here we go again. We have another budget given to us by the President that increases…

we will be voting in an hour and a half, but I would like to take this opportunity to thank so many of the people who brought this bill together, which we hope will come to a good conclusion in about an hour and a half. Obviously, I have…

I wish to thank the distinguished chairman of the Commerce Committee for all that he said. I really appreciate working with him. Clearly, because of 23 extensions, you know this was a hard bill to pass. Since 2007, we have been trying to…

I am going to speak about the debt disapproval resolution that is before us because I feel so strongly it is time to send a strong message to the President and give the people of America some comfort that we are not going to continue to…

I ask unanimous consent that I speak immediately following the Senator from Iowa. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I rise because this week is going to be a very important week for voting on the President's request to raise our debt ceiling. Our debt is $15.2 trillion. The President is going to ask for a $1.2 trillion increase in that debt. These are…

we seem to be heading to an agreement today. At this point, the House appears to be ready to vote on the conference report on the appropriations bills for the rest of the fiscal year, which would be until the end of September of next year…