mr. pryor: mr. president, i rise to talk about the business on the floor, which is the omnibus appropriation bill. let me start by thanking chairwoman mikulski for her leadership. she has put long hours in this over the christmas and new year's break where most people were home with families and doing things in their home state and on vacation, she never stopped working, and her team, her staff on the appropriations committee never stopped working, and the staff as always is kind of the unsung hero around here. they did so many great things to put this together, both democrats, republicans, house and senate. everybody had to work together to get this done. i'm proud that they did. i'm also proud to be the -- one of the appropriations subcommittee chairs that was able to work on this legislation, and as you know, i'm chairman of the agriculture appropriations subcommittee and i have worked with my counterpart, senator blunt, the ranking member of the subcommittee to craft part of this bipartisan bill

mr. richard pryor. >> how many chicken wings are fans across the country expected to consume on super bowlllion, 2 billion or 90 million? >> 2 billion. >> i added the 90 million. >> the correct answer is 1.25 billion. >> what doing of that? >> is that real chicken? >> we don't really know. drew, thank you so much. i want to give you a hug. thank you for coming. >> great to be here. >> i really, really appreciate it. >> love being here. >> kat is going to come back. jeff is going home. >>> and nfl players, randall cobb and others come together to help kids understand why being different is so important. a terrific story. good-bye jeff. good-bye. might ha... next! digital insurance id cards. just a tap away on the geico app. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know that when a tree falls in the forest and no one's around, it does make a sound? ohhh...ugh. geico. little help here. yeah... try new alka seltzer fruit chews. they work fast on heartburn and taste awesome. these are good. told ya! i'm feeling better already. [ male announcer

mr. president, could i ask who the sponsors of this legislation are? who is sponsoring it? the president pro tempore: it is sponsored by senators pryor, hagan, shaheen and begich. mr. reid: thank you. i would object to any further proceedings with respect to this bill. the president pro tempore: objection having been heard, the bill will be placed on the calendar. mr. reid: mr. president, i congratulate diane skarvalo on her retirement after 20 years of dedicated service as a senate curator. every day people across this country and we who work in this great building, including students on filled trips, dignitaries, staffers alike appreciate the historic treasures stored in the hallways of this capitol. these works of fine art and craftsmanship are symbols of our democracy and for two decades diane has been the steward of these treasures. i thank her for her dedication and wish her the best in her future endeavors. i ask consent a more complete statement be made part of the record as if given. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, i'm gratified we were able to get enough votes to begin debate on the flood

pryor very vulnerable, a democrat. he won't welcome president obama. republicans think that's a great opportunity. they think in alaska, mark begich just said on cnn a short time ago, no thanks, mrsident, i don't need your help because you're wrong on so many issues. republicans think they have a good chance on that one. 48. then you look at the map from here, north carolina, that's a state kay hagen her first re-election, tough race here. i won't switch it but we'll leave that one. louisiana another one, a republican opportunity. they think they could have chances in michigan and iowa where you have retiring democratic senators. so the map a tough one. a tough one. also perhaps new hampshire. a tough one. but republicans do think they have a chance to get to 50. so let's continue our conversation with audie cornish of npr, jonathan martin of the "new york times," peter thhanbyf cnn and maeve restin. >> there's little margin for error. montana comes to mind. a red state but john test has won that twice for democratics. max baucus won it for 35 years. there is a way for democrats. >> in this year with this climate? >> that's going to be the challenge for democrats. in some of the

mr. president, i understand that senate bill 1963, introduced earlier today by senator pryor, is at the desk. i ask for its first reading. the presiding officer: the clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. the clerk: s. 1963, a bill to repeal section 403 of the bipartisan budget act of 2013. mr. durbin: i now ask for its second reading and i object to my own. the presiding officer: objection is heard. the bill will be read for a second time on the next legislative day. mr. durbin: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that when the senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:00 a.m. on tuesday, january 28, 2014. that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the journal of proceedings be approved to date and the time for the leaders be regrefbd fo -- reserved for ther use later in the day. following any leader remarks, the senate resume consideration to proceed to s. 1926, the flood insurance bill proas cloture, that the -- postcloture, that the senate recess from 12:30 to 2:15 p.m. finally i ask the time during adjournment and reces

senator pryor, i know you took your shot and offered a senator landrieu's amendment. i would be willing to let you have another one if you want. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you very much. i do have a prior amendment number three, and it has to do with hardship waivers and again, i want to thank the chairman and ranking member for the very hard work to put this bill together. it's not been an easy task. i completely understand that. the bill currently includes language to establish a waiver program for individuals whom centralized or curbside is delivered would be a hardship, that it doesn't say that they could be charged an additional fee for that. so pryor amendment number three makes it clear that those with fiscal hardship to apply for and receive these waivers will not be charged a fee for their waiver application or the actual waiver itself. >> this is one that dr. coburn and i discussed earlier this week. i think we are good to go. >> you spend any more comments? i think we will accept this amendment. >> thank you spent all in favor say aye. opposed, nay. the ayes have it and the amendment is agreed to. and i think dr. paul, you ar