If cloture is obtained, will the Senator be willing to have a voice vote on Flory?

I thank my long-time friend and good colleague for his thoughtful remarks, and I assure you, I offer the same long-term feelings for you. But in this instance, I come back to the simple proposition that there is not a one of us who has not…

We will reserve that for the leadership, but as manager that would be my position. I must impress upon colleagues--they are all here, those able to remain for the votes--in order to accommodate a great many, let us hold rigidly to the time…

Let me interject an observation or two, and then I will be happy to yield the floor. Mr. President, the good Senator from Michigan and I have been partners on this committee now the 28th year and rarely do we have matters of--particularly…

by way of wrapup, Mr. Flory is nominated to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy. Peter C.W. Flory, by recess appointment on August 2, 2005, became Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security…

we wish to confine ourselves strictly to the time the joint leadership agreed upon in the event we need recorded votes. Mr. President, Dorrance Smith, the nominee, is designated to be the principal advisor to the Secretary of Defense on…

In my conversations with President Bush and the Cabinet officers and others, there seems to be total support. The administration, at their initiative, asked OMB to draw up the legislation, which I submit today in the form of a bill. I hope…

Wait a minute. I must get from my side a clarification on that. My understanding is there were two votes.

this will be the last recorded vote of the day. There could be a voice vote subsequently, but this will be the last recorded vote for the record.

I urge we proceed immediately to the second vote, a cloture vote on Peter Flory. cloture motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The legislative clerk read as follows…

We now turn to Peter C. W. Flory who became the principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in 2001. In this capacity he serves as the principal assistant to the Assistant Secretary of International…

A further point of colloquy: Last time you and I joined with Senator Sarbanes and others, Senator Allen on my side of the aisle, and just in the nick of time, we were able to get through that extension. It received a modest amount of…

I wish to start my participation here by congratulating my distinguished colleague from Maryland and her senior Senator, Mr. Sarbanes. It has been a great pleasure to work with both of them on this program through the years. I wonder if I…

I have no objection. I would like to be recognized following the Senator from New York for a period of about 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I thank the courtesy of my colleague. I believe what I am going to say, since the Senator is addressing the issue of the DP World port terminal transaction, might bear on his remarks. Mr. President, I have had the opportunity to work very…

we awakened this morning with the news, confirmed, that major steps are going forward in connection with this very important issue of the ports. I use that generic term, ``the ports,'' because it relates to a transaction that has been thus…

I again thank the distinguished majority leader. He made reference to the George Washington Farewell Address. I remember 25 years ago, a quarter of a century ago, I gave the address and I was awakened on that day to 25 inches of snow. The…

In a time of great concern for those of us who, on a daily basis, work the situations primarily in Iraq and Afghanistan, I hope to make I think my sixth or seventh trip to that region in the not-too-distant future, and I am hopeful that a…

Then I make a unanimous consent request that the Senator from Arkansas and I have 15 minutes equally divided, to be followed by Senator Leahy for such time as he may need and then the distinguished Senator from West Virginia. The PRESIDING…

I would suggest to my distinguished colleague from Arkansas, recognizing that Senator Byrd has an extenuating circumstance he has to take care of, I would be perfectly willing to step aside and regain into the queue following the Senator.

we earlier distributed material which referred to oil which was in an earlier draft. I have been in contact with the environmental community, and so forth. It is clear to me at this point in time that we have in this bill just gas. My…

our committee, under the leadership of Senator Domenici, is putting forward a proposal. I spoke with him today. This bill does not, in my judgment--and I hope he concurs eventually--conflict in any way with the objectives he is trying to…

before the Senator leaves, what amount of time would the senior Senator from West Virginia like?

Then I revise the request. The Senator from Arkansas and I can drop to, say, 10 minutes, and 5 minutes for the Senator from Vermont. Well, let's drop it down to 8 minutes----

there had been an informal agreement among colleagues, subject to the Senator who is principally on the floor at this point in time--and I will let him speak for himself--that we were going to introduce a bill. It would take 4 or 5 minutes…