Cruz started speaking this afternoon and said he'll talk until he is no longer able to stand.

these two unanimous consent requests have the virtue of clarifying this debate the Senate will face this week. I am going to suggest to the Presiding Officer that the Senate has not faced a more important debate in the short time he and I…

Senator Ted Cruz is conducting a marathon protest speech against Obamacare.

Reserving the right to object, I am happy to discuss it with the majority leader, but at this point, yes, I object.

I ask unanimous consent that I be given 20 minutes to speak. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? The majority leader.

That is correct. In terms of a technical offset, the spending is offset by the revenue. I am not arguing that it fails to offset in the typical language of the Senate; rather, my concern is that is $500 million in new revenue that could be…

I thank my friend from Oregon and my friend from Alaska for their leadership. As do they, I support extending the Helium Program. This is a good and important program that is critical to industry, it is critical to jobs, and it is critical…

I thank the Senator from Alabama, and I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.

I am going to be brief and not take my entire time. I think the underlying extension and reform of the Helium Program in this bill is a good provision. It maintains the program. Helium is critical for our businesses, for our industry, for…

I am pleased to tell my friend it would be acceptable. I have no objection to that. I appreciate the willingness of the Chairman, along with Senator Murkowski, to allow this to come to a rollcall vote so each Senator may be on the record…

I thank my friend from Kansas for his leadership and for his reasonable call that we ascertain the truth on this very important matter. As we do every year, last week as a nation we marked the somber anniversary of the terrorist attacks of…

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