hoeven: for mr. gates, do you believe the department of energy has sufficient visibility over the nations energy delivery systems to assess the threatened vulnerabilities? the question.or i'm not sure anyone has the visibility to address all the threats. if we had that visibility, whether it was the department or in the private sector, we would be doing more to develop the adversarypush further away from our infrastructure. but that is why investments like toolsnd developing other and why information sharing through other mechanisms and intelligence briefings are so important. we do need better tools, we need better sensors, and we are investing in that. we need better analytics which we are developing at the national labs, pulling that together to have better situational awareness. high fidelity is the answer. we have not achieved yet but it is a pressing goal for the department. can congress provide resources in your opinion that would be critical for the test? always room for additional support, s

mr. hoeven: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from north dakota. mr. hoeven: i thank my cosponsors on this amendment and our efforts with till. -- will continue. with that, i yield the floor. mr. wyden: i'd note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: could we have order in the senate. the presiding officer: the senators will please take their conversations off the floor. the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i ask consent that further proceedings under the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask the chair to lay before the senate the message to accompany h.r. 1520. the presiding officer: the chair lays before the senate the following message from the house. the clerk: resolved, that the house agree to the amendment of the senate to the bill h.r. 1520, entitled an act to amend the public health service act to provide for the publication of a list of licensed biolog