[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 3]
[Senate]
[Page 3096]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            MORNING BUSINESS

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak 
therein for up to 10 minutes.
  Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I object.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard.
  Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I object. Reserving the right to object, 
I would say to the majority leader that we are about to enter a topic 
where people have strong opinions, and they should be able to speak 
what amount they desire and not be limited to 10 minutes.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I am not sure what the question of the 
Senator from Oregon is related to. I was simply going to commend the 
Senator from Louisiana for presiding over the Chamber for 100 hours--
not a terribly controversial thing, I don't think.
  Mr. MERKLEY. And I certainly don't object to the Senator doing that. 
But as we go into morning business, there is no need to put a 10-minute 
limit to accomplish that.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?
  Without objection, it is so ordered.

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