Daniel Inouye

Mr. INOUYE

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that managers' package No. 3 be considered and agreed to. It consists of the following: amendment No. 3204, for Senator Sununu, regarding harbor surveilling applications; amendment No. 3116, for Senator McCaskill, regarding a Web site link for the DOD Inspector General; amendment No. 3182, for Senator Coleman, regarding the Laser Perimeter Awareness System; amendment No. 3135, as modified, for Senator Kennedy, regarding high temperature superconductor motors; amendment No. 3177, for Senator Inhofe, regarding Ground Warfare Acoustical Combat Systems; amendment No. 3163, for Senator Harkin, regarding MSOGs for F-15 aircraft; amendment No. 3176, for Senators Hutchison and Cornyn, regarding the improvement of barriers at the border; amendment No. 3136, for Senator Landrieu, regarding the Cyberspace Innovation Center; amendment No. 3175, for Senator Bennett, regarding Internet observer threat mitigation tools; amendment No. 3137, for Senators Obama, Coburn, and Reid of Nevada, regarding the Federal tax liability certifications. I ask for their immediate consideration.

Mr. INOUYE. I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. INOUYE. I ask for its immediate consideration.

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. INOUYE. What is the pending business, Mr. President?

Mr. INOUYE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. INOUYE. I thank the Senator from Indiana for raising this important issue and agree with my good friend that improving our intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities is a critical issue for our military today.

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the quorum call be rescinded.

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, on behalf of the leadership of the Senate, Senators Reid and McConnell, I say to the desk the following amendment and ask for its immediate consideration and that it be agreed to.

Mr. INOUYE. I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. INOUYE. I thank the Senator for raising this very important issue. As the Senator knows, I am a strong supporter of the Patriot.

Mr. INOUYE. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to vote on passage of the bill, that upon passage, the Senate insist on its amendment, request a conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses, and the Chair be authorized to appoint conferees on the part of the Senate with the subcommittee appointed as conferees.

Mr. INOUYE. I move to lay that motion on the table. The motion to lay on the table was agreed to. Amendment No. 3131

Mr. INOUYE. Certainly.

Mr. INOUYE

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on October 3, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in order to conduct a hearing entitled ``Combating Genocide in Darfur: the Role of Divestment and Other Policy Tools.''

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, October 3, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. in order to hold a nomination hearing.

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, October 3, 2007, at 2 p.m. in order to conduct a hearing entitled ``Pandemic Influenza: State and Local Efforts to Prepare.''

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, be authorize to meet during the session of the Senate in order to conduct a hearing entitled ``An Examination of S. 772, the Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act'' on Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building room 226.

Mr. INOUYE

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that there be 120 minutes for debate with respect to the Feingold amendment, with the time equally divided and controlled between Senators Feingold and Inouye or their designees; that no amendment be in order to the amendment prior to the vote; that upon the use or yielding back of the time, the Senate proceed to vote in relation to the amendment; that the amendment must receive 60 votes to be agreed to, and if the amendment doesn't achieve that threshold, then it be withdrawn; that if it receives that threshold, then it be agreed to and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table.

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, what is the pending business?

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Senator Allard be recognized to call up his amendment and to speak briefly on it, and then to set aside that amendment, to consider the Graham amendment, debate that, and to have that disposed of by a vote. Following that, an amendment by Senator Feingold will be in order.

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, parliamentary inquiry.

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.

Mr. INOUYE

Mr. INOUYE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded.