mr. barrasso: thank you, madam president. are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. barrasso: thank you, madam president. madam president, i come to the floor today to discuss the need to bolster our nation's energy security following the recent attacks on saudi arabian oil. and having read the classified briefing in full, i am convince thad iran is absolutely behind the attack -- owe convinced that iran is absolutely behind the attacks. iran wants to drive up oil prices to hopefully in their mind increase the amount of revenue they would get for selling their oil. basically they need the money, and that's because the sanctions that the united states has imposed on iran have worked. they have been punishing. that's why president trump, i believe, made the right call in adding even tougher sanctions. the sanctions have been biting and iran's currency has been significantly devalued. now is the time to step up our own american energy production. since my senate arrival in 2007, i worked to advance pro-grow

mr. barrasso: mr. president, for the information of senators -- the presiding officer: the? is in a quorum call. mr. barrasso: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. barrasso: for the information of no the cloture vote on the compound motion to go to conference on s. 1790 will occur at this time. i ask unanimous consent that if the compound motion is agreed to, it be in order for the following motions to instruct which are at the desk. van hollen, cotton, jones, schatz, peters, mcsally, mcconnell or designee. prior to september 26. in the form of senate resolutions taken up and considered on the same day with no amendments in order. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection, so ordered. by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is, is it the sense the senate that the debate on the compound motion to go to conference and authorize the chair to appoint conferees on s. 1790 -- the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: cloture motion: we, t

mr. barrasso: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, first, today we mark the 18th anniversary of the september 11 attacks. we remember the nearly 3,000 people who lost their lives. we pray for all of the 9/11 victims and their families. and we honor our 9/11 heroes. they are the brightest lights that day in the dark sky. our brave firefighters, police, service men and women, so many americans gave their lives to save lives that day, and we pay tribute to them today. congress has passed new laws to care for 9/11 first responders. we recently made the 9/11 victims compensation fund permanent. this ensures that all those who responded to the terror attacks and their families have peace of mind and first-rate health care. now, mr. president, i do want to turn to the topic of the overall health care debate that we're having in this country. for the past several weeks i've been home in wyoming as you have been home in noord, and i -- in north dakota, and i listened to the people that i'm so privileged to represent, many of whom i'