i'm here to tell the senate today is my friend larry weinberg, who we lost just a few days ago, was really a super mench, a person of enormous integrity, descent at his -- decent at his core. and i just want to say larry and his wife barbie were the essence of rip city pride. he was a soft-spoken guy but he was portland's loudest fan. and tonight i want to say to his family and friends, all seeming 100 million of them, i just want to say that we are always going to remember larry weinberg with great fondness, appreciation for his enormous contributions to our city and all that he had did during his lifetime to be in that bridge building business, for working to affect the world for tikkun olam. we willle always have -- larry weinberg will always be in our heart. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: quorum call: mr. cardin: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. officer without objection. mr. cardin: mr. president, in a few moments, i'm going to yield the floor to senator kaine, t