[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 81 (Saturday, May 23, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3314-S3315]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUESTS

  Therefore, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to a 
bill to extend the expiring provisions until June 8, and that the bill 
be read a third time and passed with no intervening action or debate.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

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  The Senator from Kentucky.
  Mr. PAUL. Reserving the right to object, we have entered into a 
momentous debate. This is a debate about whether or not a warrant with 
a single name of a single company can be used to collect all of the 
records--all of the phone records--of all of the people in our country 
with a single warrant.
  Our forefathers would be aghast. One of the things they despised was 
general warrants. This is a debate that should be had. The reason I am 
objecting is because I have made a very simple request--to have 
amendments, to have them voted on, and to have a guarantee that they 
are voted on.
  I started out the day with a request for six amendments. I am willing 
to compromise to have two amendments and a simple majority vote.
  I think that is a very reasonable position. And if we can't have that 
and we can't have an extensive debate over something we have had 4 
years to prepare for, I will object, and I do.
  I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I renew my unanimous consent request 
with an amendment to extend expiring authorities until June 5.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. WYDEN. I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  The majority leader.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I renew my unanimous consent request 
with an amendment to extend expiring authorities until June 3.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  The Senator from Kentucky.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, I will defer to the Senator from New Mexico 
if he wishes to make an objection.
  Mr. HEINRICH. Mr. President, I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I renew my unanimous consent request 
with an amendment to extend expiring authorities until June 2.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  The Senator from Kentucky.
  Mr. PAUL. I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  The majority leader.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I enter my motion to reconsider.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion is entered.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. McCONNELL. I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  The legislative clerk continued with the call of the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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