I admire the courage of the Prime Minister of Great Britain. The Senator from Massachusetts has seen it, and I have seen it. We are political figures, he and I. We understand when we see another leader. He has stood with our President and…

And within that period of time, speaking for my time, I will manage the time, but I would be anxious to have those colleagues who wish to participate to indicate to me the periods which would be most convenient for them, and I will do my…

I hope we have a rotation. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from New Jersey.

we will go from one side to the other. I have waiting the Senator from Virginia, Senator Hagel, Senator Roberts, Senator Bond, and Senator Thune. I will try to get them all in order of appearance. The Senator from Virginia is next on our…

I think this chairman has resonated with debates for months on this issue of timetables. I say to my good friend from Massachusetts, as I stated in our colloquy here, clearly by setting forth a terminal date there is a timetable, and that…

I am happy to yield the floor, if the Senator so desires. Mr. McCONNELL. If the Senator will yield for a question, I say to my friend from Virginia: Is the Senator from Kentucky correct that the genesis of the Nelson amendment is a…

to accommodate the Senate, would we not at 12:30 p.m. go into recess? Perhaps I can ask unanimous consent that at the conclusion--how much time does the Senator wish to speak?

the managers are working with our respective leaders on the remainder of the schedule for the next few hours, but in the meantime I understand our distinguished Senator from Iowa wishes to speak. I certainly have no objection. I ask…

That is correct. Based on my discussions with Senator Nelson, he in good faith read those reports and felt very strongly, as I think many of us do, about the issue of amnesty and came forward with that amendment. Then, we purposely delayed…

Has the 15 minutes allocated to the Senator from Virginia expired? I ask unanimous consent that both sides be extended 5 minutes in this debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I shall address the McConnell amendment. First, the amendments have a great likeness. But I felt, in working with the distinguished Senator from Kentucky, that his amendment--I ask unanimous consent that I be a cosponsor of that amendment…

I think, certainly in my judgment, that would be an acceptable situation because there is clarity in the amendment of the Senator from Kentucky about a point that is very important to me; i.e, sovereignty, exercise of that. With no…

he was fired. Mr. McCONNELL. He was fired. Is it not the case, I ask my friend, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, that the National Security Adviser, Steve Hadley, if you will, of the Iraqi Government, stated shortly thereafter…

in the interim, seeing no Senator desiring to address the Senate, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

I think we should visit that issue only if in fact at some point in time that position is made official. The purpose of that language--and I accept full responsibility for that language--is I feel fervently that the ability for us to…

I am certain that working on the predicate that they are a sovereign nation, they can make decisions. There will be decisions which are inconsistent with the views that we hold in this country. How do we enforce our views without…

we are still getting the concurrence of one side on the unanimous consent request. It was my understanding it was cleared. I think it will eventually be cleared. In the meantime, I yield the floor so that our colleague from Iowa can speak…

I would respond that we have concluded all the work at the moment. I believe our leaders are working out a procedure by which the minimum wage amendments are being addressed.

the two managers have been working with Members. We have reconciled a series of amendments, and I believe at this point in time I will make the following statement: I have sent a series of amendments to the desk which have been cleared by…

If the Senator would yield just for a moment, I would like to ask my two colleagues, for the knowledge of my two colleagues on this side, how soon may we start the debate on the Guantanamo amendments?

I presume that the request is as read and that there have been no changes, and we will then have the sequence of recognition of Senators Levin and Kerry; and I add to it that thereafter the Senator from Virginia would be recognized for the…

Has the Chair ruled on the underlying UC request? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection to the request as modified?

I simply say, I understood the Senator has that amendment. I have asked colleagues on this side to be here. They are now present. The Senator indicated you would lay it down now for the purpose of introducing the amendment, having a…

we first ask that you act on the unanimous consent request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendments were agreed to, as follows: AMENDMENT NO. 4308 (Purpose: To provide for expansion of…

at this moment I think there has been a request to go off of our bill. Is that the request of the Senator from Wyoming?