[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 94 (Thursday, June 7, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S3281]
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                 UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUESTS--H.R. 5515

  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
resume legislative session and resume consideration of the motion to 
proceed to H.R. 5515; further, that the motion be agreed to and Senator 
Inhofe--myself--or his designee be recognized to offer the substitute 
amendment, No. 2282, which is the text of the Senate-reported bill. I 
further ask that it be in order for Senator Boozman or his designee to 
call up amendment No. 2276 and for Senator Reed or his designee to call 
up amendment No. 2284 and that the amendments be debated concurrently, 
with the time equally divided until 2 p.m.; finally, that at 2 p.m., 
the Senate vote in relation to the Boozman and Reed amendments, in the 
order listed, with no second-degree amendments in order to the 
amendments prior to the votes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  The Senator from Kentucky.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, two bedrock 
principles of American jurisprudence are the presumption of innocence 
and the right to have a trial by jury. I have one amendment that I 
would ask unanimous consent be included in this bill. This amendment 
would ensure that no American would ever be held indefinitely in prison 
without having a trial by jury. I can't imagine why we can't have this. 
One Republican Senator has been blocking this for 6 years.
  I object to this unanimous consent request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that we allow my 
amendment to be heard and voted on in the upcoming bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oklahoma has the floor.
  Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, reserving the right to object, first of 
all, I agree with Senator Paul's amendment and have agreed with his 
amendment, and I have made it very clear for a long period of time. 
Procedurally, I want to get to it, and it is my intention to have a 
vote on it. That will have to come after we are on the bill. We need to 
get on the bill first.
  So I do object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.

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