[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 170 (Sunday, December 19, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S10726]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           Amendment No. 4841

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask that the pending Inhofe amendment be 
set aside in order to call up my amendment No. 4841.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from South Dakota [Mr. Thune] proposes an 
     amendment numbered 4841.

  Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that reading of the 
amendment be dispensed with, and that we resume consideration of the 
Inhofe amendment.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment is as follows:

(Purpose: To modify the deployed delivery vehicle limits of the Treaty)

       In section 1(a) of Article II of the Treaty, strike ``700, 
     for deployed ICBMs, deployed SLBMs, and deployed heavy 
     bombers'' and insert ``720, for deployed ICBMs, deployed 
     SLBMs, and deployed heavy bombers''.

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I will yield at this moment to the Senator 
from Wyoming----
  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I am trying to get a procedure in place. I 
ask my colleague from Oklahoma if it is possible, with my colleague 
from South Dakota, to enter into a time agreement. Obviously, we won't 
ask colleagues to come and vote tonight. Can we get a time agreement 
and set it aside for a vote at such time that the leadership decides is 
appropriate?
  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I respond by saying that I will object to 
a time agreement at this time. Several people, including the Senator 
from Arizona, want to speak on this amendment. That might create a 
problem because of his activity on this amendment. Let's keep it 
moving, and I can assure you that I want to get out of here quicker 
than you do.
  Mr. KERRY. If that is true, let's go.
  Mr. INHOFE. At this time, I yield to the Senator from Wyoming on a 
subject of far greater significance than anything we have been talking 
about. I yield to the Senator from Wyoming to discuss something.
  Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I thank the Senator from Oklahoma. It is a 
great pleasure for me to be able to make an announcement from the floor 
of the Senate. I ask unanimous consent to share my joy as in morning 
business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  (The remarks of Mr. Enzi and Mr. Inhofe are printed in today's Record 
under ``Morning Business.'')