[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 14]
[Senate]
[Page 19315]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           ORDER OF PROCEDURE

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I apologize for interrupting my colleague, 
and I will not for long. I think my colleague wants to speak on the 
subject of the nominations that are going to be contained within an 
hour of debate, equally divided. I want to make certain the comments of 
the Senator are going to be part of that time period. So if I could 
ask, for my colleague--I believe we are almost at the hour where we 
have to go to executive session and report the two nominations. I would 
be happy, then, to yield to my colleague to speak first, if he wishes.
  Would my colleague agree with that?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Iowa.
  Mr. GRASSLEY. I am willing to do that, but I thought I maintained the 
right to the floor by--
  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that after we have 
moved to executive session, the Senator from Iowa be the first to speak 
in the time period allotted to the opponents.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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