mr. cardin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: mr. president, i ask that i be permitted to speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. cardin: mr. president, i rise to talk about a very important health issue, sickle cell disease, that highlights the tremendous progress the scientific community has made over the years. this is a timely opportunity to bring up sickle cell disease because this month marks the 100th anniversary of its discovery. on november 16 and november 17, the national institutes of health will host a research symposium on sickle cell disease to commemorate the accomplishments of the scientists and clinicians over the past century. the symposium named after the scientist who discovered the gene, dr. james b. henrick will bring to maryland more than 30 experts from around the world to discuss sickle cell disease research and treatment. sickle cell disea

mr. president. and when eisenhower heard that sherman minton was retiring and that he was going to have this vacancy to fill, one of the first things he said was, you know, remember the visit from cardinal spelman, let's look for a catholic. >> well, you mentioned -- was it souter who took his spot? >> souter, yes. >> oh, souter. i remembered hearing some folks say that there were statements by eisenhower later that the biggest mistakes he ever made were warren and brennan. was there any -- did he ever -- >> the answer is yes and no. there's substantial evidence that eisenhower thought that. >> uh-huh. >> there is no evidence that he actually ever said the words publicly even though they are attributed to him in dozens of history books. i actually had a bizarre experience early in this process of tracing those words and their, you know, you go from one book to the next and the next book cites another one, and you go to the other one and you go to another one, and eventually i came to the end of the line, and there was no source. it was actually a miscitation, and the words had been said about somebody else. but having done that, i also found that there were several places where privatel

, everybody should read the book of cardinal gibbs at the white house when that thing is filled with classified information and probably access to individuals that mr. gates is probably tearing the white hair out? how do you square the two? >> great question. [laughter] >> there are three other people on the panels. >> no, no, no, you don't want my answer. >> i'll ask all of you. >> that's okay. because i think it is a valid question. we are living at a time when we are seeing presentations of facts and opinion appear like we've never seen before. wikileaks is certainly one of them. bob woodward has written 16 books. he does have a kind of iconic presence in this town given the watergate coverage. it's hard for me, tony, to really reply to what i think is a great question about the woodward book. because what we've seen in this is the rise of kind of histories that don't cover years and decades, and long periods of time, but they may cover, you know, 18 months. it's a new definition of history. it is clear that given the kind of coverage that takes place here, coverage is no longer just separated into here's the news, and here's the gossip, and her

mr. president, i grew up in east st. louis illinois, and i learned about god in church, but the only god i was sure of played for the st. louis cardinals and his name was stan musial. the first baseball glove i ever on the other hand was a rawlings leather glove that had stan's name written on the edge of it. i used to do what kids did my age. we would wrap rubber bands with the baseball in the glove to get that pocket just right and then we would pull that ball out and we would rub it with glove-oleum, some kind of oil concoction that we thought made it supple and made it easier to catch the ball. that's what we hoped. i rubbed that glove so many times, i was the only one who could still read his name on that glove. i kept it forever until my wife said what are you doing with this old thing? i said it was my prized possession when i was about 10 years old and it still is. well, the good news is that my feelings about stan musial were shared by the president of the united states. he may be a chicago white sox fan, but he knows a great champion when he sees one. that's why the announcement today that stan "the man" musial is going to re

mr. cardin: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. cardin: i would ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. the clerk: we the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, the standing rules of the senate, hereby move to bring to a close debate on the harkin amendment to calendar number 247, s. 510, the food and drug administration food safety modernization act, signed by 19 senators. the presiding officer: by unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. the question is is it the sense of the senate that debate on amendment number 4715 to s. 510, a bill to amend the federal food, drug and cosmetic act with respect to the safety of the food supply, shall be brought to a close? the yeas and nays are mandatory under the rule. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: on this vote, the yeas are 69, the nays are 26. three-fifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having