[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Page 32131]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     EXTENSION OF MORNING BUSINESS

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time under morning business has 
expired.
  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask for 4 additional minutes to finish 
my statement.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I was going to use the occasion to ask 
unanimous consent that following the Senator from Washington speaking, 
I would like to be recognized for up to 10 minutes in morning business.
  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, we have a number of Senators on our side 
seeking recognition. Perhaps we can put that together fairly quickly.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair notes that at this time, there is 5 
minutes left in morning business for the Republican side. The 
Democratic side has used all of its time in morning business.
  Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that morning 
business be extended to include 4 minutes for myself, the Senator from 
Washington----
  Mr. CORNYN. I would like 10 minutes.
  Mrs. MURRAY. Ten minutes to the Senator from Texas, 5 minutes to the 
Senator from Montana, 10 minutes to the Senator from Illinois.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I assumed we were going to go off morning 
business and onto the calendar. I was going to speak for 20 minutes, so 
I will speak in line of appearance on the floor for 20 minutes at 
whatever appropriate time that is.
  Mrs. MURRAY. I add that to the consent request, that if there are 
Republican Senators who would like intervening times, in between, we 
include those as well in the unanimous consent request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas.
  Mr. CORNYN. Reserving the right to object, and I will not object, I 
express my appreciation to the Senator from Washington for allowing 
Republican Senators to intervene and the extent to which Democratic 
Members speak, I would like to make sure we have equivalent time on our 
side. I think we can work that out.
  Mrs. MURRAY. That is included in my request. I ask additionally that 
Senator Menendez be allowed 10 minutes as well as the end of that 
unanimous subsequent request.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? The Senator from Montana.
  Mr. BAUCUS. I ask that my 5 minutes be expanded to 10 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the Senator so modify her request?
  Mrs. MURRAY. I do.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The request is so modified. Is there objection 
to the existing unanimous consent request? Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

                          ____________________