ms. landrieu: thank you, madam president. is there a roll call i would like to dispense with? the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. ms. landrieu: i would like to ask unanimous consent to dispense with the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. ms. landrieu: thank you, madam president. i know that senator kirk is on his way to give tribute to one of his staffers in a tragic situation, so i am going to be very, very brief, but i did want to come to the floor today to support senator collins' efforts to bring some common sense to these truck safety regulations, and i know that this is a very emotional debate because of the tragic accident that occurred just recently with a very well known and well respected comedian, tracy morgan. i understand that there are families in my state and around the country who have had horrible and unfortunately fatal accidents with trucks that are more and more prevalent on our overcrowded highway system. i am not insensitive to those families, to those stories, and

ms. landrieu: mr. president, i thank my colleague for sharing this moment with me on the senate floor and allowing me to work closely with him to present this bill to the senate today. he has worked on this for several years, and i'm really pleased to join him for any number of reasons. one that i want to mention before i share with him the reading of this prayer that the official world war ii museum happens to be located in new orleans, louisiana. it was initiated by of course the great historian steve ambrose. it has been promoted by an extraordinarily stellar group of leaders, civic and political leaders in our nation, and the former senators, senator stevens and senator inouye, who had joined arms together as brothers here in the senate, helped us to establish this official museum. it is almost complete. and on the eve of d-day, it is particularly striking that the two of us would be here to remember this prayer, to say to the country this prayer, in our view, should be on the memorial here in d.c.