carden and miss lively's peach-colored house that's right next door. there are a couple of neighbors that were the ajuvent backyard neighbors but how does the shadow fan change from the current structure to the proposed one? >> of course. through the chair, a shadow fan shows the maximum shadow throughout every day of the year so when you see in the outline is the maximum amount of shadow that's going to be cast. in the picture we had on the diagram, that's showing a shadow fan for a 20-foot building and the building that's there is seven feet. actually the existing shadow is a little bit bigger than what's shown on that shadow fan. does that answer the question or -- >> excuse me. we can't have comments from the gallery during this portion of the hearing. supervisor? >> i was just asking what would be the change with the new building versus what's going on now? >> the shadow fan of the proposed building is chargeo -- larger. it continues the mid block open space and beyond. >> just to quickly reiterate, this yellow line here is a new study that was ju

and that is beyond the intent here, i think senator carden hit the nail on the head. what we're trying to do is to make very clear that this prohibition and everyone keeps talking about during this period of time against ground forces should continue after gaddafi leaves so we don't end up in the same situation that we were in, for instance, in beirut in 1983. >> can i -- i want a second. i think the language here is actually pretty clear, folks. and i'm comfortable with it, it is paragraph a that simply says that the money can't be obligated for deploying units or members of the armed forces on the ground in libya for the purposes of engaging in ground combat operations or participating in stabilization or international peace keeping operations following the removal of muammar gaddafi from government. and during the transition to a new government in libya. it's clearly limited in time, space, operation, intent and i think under those circumstances is really part of the overall effort to say american troops are not going to be on the ground in libya and that's the way

participate in the asean regional forum requesting them also to send an ambassador so that david carden, who has been confirmed now for a couple of weeks, a close advisor to the president so he is not alone. he is currently serving with japanese colleague but we'd like to see that a full house going forward. we've come prepared. each year now to the asean regional forum. we spent an enormous amount of time on both security, economic, political, and cultural. and i'll talk more about that as we go forward. and we've come, hopefully, bearing complex well-devised initiatives. last year in vietnam, we came and worked closely with a variety of countries related to the south china she -- sea initiative. and we can talk about that later. ..utheast asia more important economically to the united states than even western europe and how to make that more clearly understood by the american people has been one of the things we have worked on consequently going forward. rather be in bye country by country i thought i would spend a few minutes to talk about the institutions. it's very rare that we thi

carden, proposes an amendment numbered 407.at the end, added following: prohibition on interest -- mr. cardin: madam president, i ask that the amendment be considered as read. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: madam president, i will speak a different point about this amendment, but this amendment is an equitable amendment dealing with the interest charges on loans that -- government loans that are paid off in the middle of the month to prorate the interest. it is a consumer issue. it will, i think, help american families, and i will explain it in more detail at a later part of our proceedings. and with that, i would suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. merkley: madam president, i ask that the quorum call be set aside. the presiding officer: without objection, so ordered. mr. merkley: i ask unanimous consent to set aside the pend pg amendment so that i may call up amendment 428 which is at the desk. the presiding officer: is there objection? h