[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 1947]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 ORDERS FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2015

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the 
Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Tuesday, 
February 10; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be 
deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to date, and the 
time for the two leaders be reserved for their use later in the day; 
following leader remarks, the Senate be in a period of morning business 
until 12:30 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 
minutes each, and that the first hour be equally divided, with the 
Democrats controlling the first half and the Republicans controlling 
the final half. I further ask that the Senate recess from 12:30 p.m. 
until 2:15 p.m. to allow the for weekly conference meetings.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  The Senator from Rhode Island.
  Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Reserving the right to object, may I have one 
sentence to observe that there appears as yet to be no Republican plan 
whatsoever to answer the energy chairman's question on climate change--
what do we do--and with that noted, I do not object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. McCONNELL. I would just say to my friend from Rhode Island that 
the Senator knows we just finished a lengthy floor consideration of the 
Keystone bill, with an open amendment process on this and other energy-
related topics. The Senate voted on several amendments on climate 
change, including two from the Senator from Rhode Island, which is more 
opportunities to vote on these amendments than during the entire 113th 
Congress.
  Mr. WHITEHOUSE. Mr. President, may I say how much I appreciate the 
open amendment process.

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