mr. coburn: i wouldn't need an amendment because the bill would already be offset. mr. rei well, what i say to my friend, i think that this is something that i would like to take a little time and -- not a lot of time, a little bit of time, talk to my friends, senator durbin, harkin and enzi, and see if there is something we can do to move this down the ball field. if not, you and i can come back here and talk about this. so, mr. president, in light of my friend's request to modify my unanimous consent request, and my inability to intelligently respond to it, because this is something i had not anticipated, i will be happy to withdraw my request, and i will renew it at a later time if i can come to something that's more appropriate that i think -- mr. coburn: mr. majority leader? i ask unanimous consent to be recognized for 15 minutes. the presiding officer: first, the request is withdrawn, and the -- the senator is recognized. mr. dorgan: mr. president, reserving the right to objec i will not object. i wonder if the senator would modify his request so i could be recogn

you have a beef, take it up with senator coburn, maybe we can move our legislation. with that let me turn it to mr. braillely for questions, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and miss lobato, i'm very pleased to hear you had a lovely childhood growing up in iowa. did any of the comments i made in my opening statement ring true with you? >> absolutely. >> now one of the things that struck me about both of your testimony, was that neither one of you prepared the food that made you sick. and that illustrates one of the challenges we have been trying to face on this committee, which is we have a hodge-podge of state and federal food safety regulations that impose different requirements on different egg producers depending upon where their facilities are located for making some stridesased upon the recent regulation that the fda passed, regulating egg production facilities, but both of you are the living examples of how consumers are at risk through no fault of their own because of cooking techniques that they have no control over. now, one of the things i want to talk to you about is the mandatory r

you have a beef, take it up with senator coburn, maybe we can move our legislation. with that let me turn it to mr. braillely for questions, please. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and miss lobato, i'm very pleased to hear you had a lovely childhood growing up in iowa. did any of the comnts i made in my openinstatement ring true with you? >> absolutely. >> now one of the things that struck me about both of your testimony, was that neither one of you prepared the food that made you sick. and that illustrates one of the challenges we have been trying to face on this committee, which is we have a hodge-podge of state and federal food safety regulations that impose different requirements on diffent egg producers depending upon where their facilities are located for making some strides based upon the recent regulation that the fda passed, regulating egg production facilities, but both of you are the living examples of how consumers are at risk through no fault of their own because of cooking techniques that they have no control over. now, one of the things i want to talk to you about is the mandatory recal